Cammons v. State

Earl Cammons was indicted for the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act, *760to wit, operating an automobile at a rate of speed in excess of -10 miles per hour, and in so operating “did drive and operate said automobile against, over, and upon and across the saicT Darden McWhorter,” giving him a mortal wound from which he died. Cammons was tried and convicted. He filed a motion for new trial which was amended. Said motion as amended was overruled and he excepted.

The deceased, Darden McWhorter, and several other parties were driving south on the highway leading…