People v. Weeks

Appellant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree alleged to have been committed on the fifth day of October, 1929, in the county of Kern, state of California. He was charged with killing Isaac Ross, and went to trial upon his plea of not guilty. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at confinement for life in the state penitentiary.

The evidence offered by the People shows that defendant and his family, consisting of himself, his wife and her brother, lived in a shack a short distance from the city of Bakersfield in Kern County. On…