People v. Crews
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sonoma County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment convicting him of the crime of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to imprisonment for life, and also from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The deceased, M. H. Byrn, was shot by the defendant during the evening of July 5, 1892, and early in the morning of the next day made a statement of the circumstances attending the shooting, "which was reduced to writing, and signed and verified by his affidavit. At the time this statement was made the deceased was not impressed with a sense of his impending dissolution; but about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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