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· 7/21/1915

Commonwealth v. Hoskins

Citations

  • 60 Pa. Super. 230
  • 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 174

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Involuntary manslaughter — Automobiles—Reasonable doubt — Inadequate charge.</p> <p>A conviction of involuntary manslaughter for killing a person by the alleged negligent operation of an automobile, cannot be sustained, where the trial judge failed in his charge to give any adequate instructions on the question of reasonable doubt, and this is the case although the defendant did not make any request for such instructions.</p>

Judges: Head, Kephart, Orlady, Rice, Trexler

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