People v. Sloper

Application for a stay of execution of death sentence, and for a writ of probable cause. The defendant, Felix Sloper, was placed on trial for the murder of George W. Campbell, a police officer of the city and county of San Francisco. The jury returned a simple verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and the defendant was sentenced to pay the extreme penalty. On appeal to this court the conviction was affirmed. (People v. Sloper, ante, p. 238 [244 Pac. 362].) During the pendency of the appeal Sloper was confined in the county jail of the city and county of San Francisco, and was there…