Shaw v. State

Writ of Error was taken to a judgment of conviction for manslaughter.

The indictment contains an allegation that Joe Shaw "did unlawfully, feloniously, by his act, procurement and culpable negligence, and from and with a reckless disregard for the life and safety of one Wade Armstrong a human being did then and there kill the said Wade Armstrong by running against and striking the said Wade Armstrong with a certain automobile which he the said Joe Shaw was then and there driving and operating in a dangerous reckless, careless and negligent manner.”

The statute provides that ‘ ‘ The killing of a…