manslaughter

The unlawful killing of another, without malice, and either voluntary, as when the act is committed with a real design and purpose to kill, but through the violence of sudden passion, occasioned by some great provocation, which in tenderness for the frailty of human nature, the law considers sufficient to palliate the offense, or involuntary, when the death of another is caused by some unlawful act, not accompanied with any intention to take life. 26 Am J1st Homi § 17. A crime in various degrees under the statutes, there being inconsistency between jurisdictions as to particulars. First degree:–involuntary manslaughter; a killing by negligence. 26 Am J1st Homi § 219. Second degree:–the killing of one human being by another when committed without a design to effect death. People v Rochester Railway & Light Co. 195 NY 102, 88 NE 22. Third degree:– the killing of a human being in the heat of passion, without a design to effect death. Clemens v State, 176 Wis 289, 185 NW 209, 21 ALR 1490. Fourth degree:–an involuntary killing of a human being in the heat of passion. Clemens v State, 176 Wis 289, 185 NW 209, 21 ALR 1490. A killing by inadvertence amounting to culpable negligence. 26 Am J1st Homi § 219.