People v. Hurtado

McKinstry, J,

Defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree.

Two defenses were relied on at the trial. First, that defendant was laboring under insanity when the fatal shot was fired; second, that the killing was manslaughter only.

The wife of defendant testified, on his behalf, that she confessed to him prior to the killing, she had been guilty of adultery with deceased, and that the confession was followed by great anger, weeping, and mental depression on the part of defendant.Defendant, having introduced evidence that a certain house in Sacramento was a house of ill-fame, offered…