People v. Bullington

An information was filed against defendant charging him with the crime of violation of section 290 of the Penal Code in that he did “feloniously mutilate the dead body of Michael Conway, a human being". At a jury trial he was found guilty and sentenced to the state penitentiary.

For about ten years defendant was employed as an embalmer at the morgue maintained by the county of Los Angeles. The work at the morgue is divided into three shifts, the first shift beginning at 9 A. M. and ending at 5 P. M., the second shift beginning at 5 P. M. and ending at 1 A. M. and the third shift beginning at 1…