Hammell v. State

The indictment charged murder. The verdict of the jury acquitted the defendant of the murder charge and found him- guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. This finding eliminates from this appeal a consideration of those questions affecting the charge of murder.

The defendant, while driving an automobile along the public road, ran said automobile against Arthur Blanton, a pedestrian on the road, inflicting injuries from which he died. The record contains the testimony of many witnesses, but practically all of the testimony is cumulative, tending to establish a few simple facts from which…