CARR, Presiding Judge.
The accused stood for trial in the circuit court on an indictment charging murder in the second degree. He was convicted for the offense of manslaughter in the second degree.
Without dispute in the evidence the appellant while driving a 1946 Mercury automobile ran against and instantly killed Shirley Ann Copeland, a little girl eight and one-half years of age.
The tragedy occurred on the highway in the village of Douglas, Alabama...
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