State v. Gutheil

PRATT, Justice.

Lewis C. Gutheil was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The jury recommended leniency. He was sentenced to six months in the County jail. He appeals his case.

The facts are these: On the night of April 9, 1938, about 12 o’clock, near 3500 South State Street in Salt Lake County, Utah, a black Chevrolet coupe occupied by Thomas R. McLean and Wallace Miller, stalled. They had been driving south on State Street on the west side. McLean and Miller with the aid of McLean’s father who happened along at the time, started pushing the coupe in a southeasterly direction across State…