People v. Lim Foon
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. J. A. Plummer, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The defendant was convicted in the superior court of San Joaquin County of the crime of murder of the first degree, the jury fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life. (Pen. Code, sec. 190.)
This appeal is prosecuted by the defencjjant from the judgment and the order ‘denying him a new trial.
The homicide occurred in the Chinese quarters of the city of Stockton, on the seventh day of March, 1915, and the party killed was an aged Chinese by the name of Tip Suey.
There is testimony showing that the shooting resulting in the killing of Tip Suey took place a short time after the noon hour of the…
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