HATHORN v. STATE

No. 39690.

225 Miss. 77 (1955)

82 So.2d 653

HATHORN v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.O. Hollis, Carthage; W.W. Pierce, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


LEE, J.

From a manslaughter conviction on account of the killing, through culpable negligence, of Wyvone Fowler, a fourteen year old girl, with a sentence of eleven years in the state penitentiary, Perry Hathorn appealed.

About 5:30 on Sunday afternoon, September 26, 1954, a Ford automobile, driven by the defendant, collided with a Chevrolet automobile, driven by Willis Ivy, on a paved highway between DeKalb and Preston...

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