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ROSSER v. STATE

No. 40181.

230 Miss. 573 (1957)

93 So.2d 470

ROSSER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.H. Loving, A.M. Edwards, Lenore Loving, West Point; J.A. Phillips, Macon, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

Johnson W. Rosser was indicted for manslaughter. The charge was that he unlawfully killed another by culpable negligence. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty with recommendations of mercy. Defendant was sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary.

(Hn 1) The evidence for the State was that Rosser was under the influence of beer and was culpably negligent in the operation of his...

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