Philby v. State

The information in this case in substance charged that in Seminole county on the 6th day of November, 1935, Phil Philby did willfully, unlawfully, and felo-niously, and with the premeditated design to effect the death of one Gerald Glen Lawrence, drive a Ford V-8 automobile into and over the body of the said Gerald Glen Lawrence, thereby inflicting certain mortal wounds, from which wounds the said Gerald Glen Lawrence did then and there die.

To the information a plea of not guilty was entered. Upon his trial the jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of manslaughter in the second…