People v. Bernard

The defendant was accused of the murder of John J. Enright, was tried, and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to hard labor in the territorial prison for eight years. From this judgment he appeals. The first point made on his behalf on the appeal is that the court erred in giving the jury the following instruction: “Evidence has been given tending to show that the deceased, John Enright, entered the printing office of the defendant for the purpose of taking therefrom his blankets, and that while there he addressed to defendant certain language which you remember, and thereupon the…