Eaglen v. State

Appellant Robert Eaglen, defendant below, was indicted along with his wife Virgie Eaglen upon a charge of involuntary manslaughter, and was tried and convicted of such charge in the Criminal Court of Marion County, Division One.

The statutory provisions controlling disposition of this appeal, in pertinent part, read as follows:

§ 10-3405. “Whoever . . . kills any human being without malice, expressed or implied, . . . involuntarily in the commission of some unlawful act, is guilty of manslaughter, . . Ind. Anno. Stat. § 10-3405, (1956)

§ 10-813 . . . “Neglect of a child shall consist in any of…