People v. Jackson

The evidence very clearly exhibits the case as one of cold-blooded murder. The evidence, as we view it, shows that the threats of the deceased were merely that if defendant laid hands upon her she would use the gun which she had drawn. That thereafter, after the defendant had left the room he returned with a gun and, as one of the witnesses puts it, fired as he jumped into the room, and followed this with another shot.

There occurred in this case the usual small discrepancies between the testimony of the witnesses. There is a direct conflict between the testimony of the defendant and some of…