Commonwealth v. Godshalk
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 332, Oct. T., 1920, from judgment and sentence of O. & T. Lehigh County, April T., 1920, No. 47, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ammon C. Godshalk. Indictment for voluntary manslaughter and involum tary manslaughter. Before Groman, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 332, Oct. T., 1920, from judgment and sentence of O. & T. Lehigh County, April T., 1920, No. 47, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ammon C. Godshalk. Indictment for voluntary manslaughter and involum tary manslaughter. Before Groman, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter. The scene of the accident was on a cemented state highway twenty feet wide for traffic, and on one side of the roadbed were two trolley tracks, of a grade that could be used by vehicles. The accident happened at about nine o’clock in the morning of January 5, 1920, when a little boy and girl who were on their way to school crossed the highway. Eight or ten workmen were engaged at that place in moving a shanty from one side of the state highway to the other, and had moved it…
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