People v. Morine

Appellant Morine and one Smaker were jointly charged with the murder of Frank Deutche.

The appellant was tried separately, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, and appeals from the judgment and an order overruling his motion for a new trial.

Upon the trial he offered no evidence in his own behalf, and the facts as established by the prosecution show that the defendants, on the evening of July 14, 1901, drove to an Indian ranchería in Lake County, where the deceased and a number of Indians resided. They took with them a keg of wine and distributed its contents to the…