State v. Budge

The respondent was indicted for the crime of mánslaughter by reason of having caused the death of one Andrew Bickford by the improper operation of an automobile on the public highway.

On the evening of May 8th, -1925, several young men from the town of Lincoln attended a dance in the town of Howland, returning to their homes sometime after midnight in automobiles. The respondent with two friends and his fiancee, who lived near How-land, went to the dance and returned in the respondent’s car. The deceased and a friend by name, Gleason, went to Howland in one automobile, and returned in another…