Hunter v. State

The defendant was tried for murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. He filed a motion for a new trial which he amended by adding three special grounds. The court overruled the motion and the defendant excepted.

Substantially, the evidence for the State shows that the deceased was riding a bicycle along one of the streets of Dublin and that the defendant was driving an automobile on the same street, each approaching the other; that the defendant was under the influence of liquor and was driving at an unlawful rate of speed, on the wrong side of the…