Salas v. People

1. Plaintiff in error, Florencio Salas, was convicted of murder of the first degree for shooting and killing Domingo Bailes, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. . People’s evidence shows, that on July 24, 1909, deceased was floor manager at a dance in Las Animas; shortly before midnight, Jayo, brother of the defendant, was very abusive and quarrelsome, and started to pick a fight with one Pedro, outside the dance hall; deceased tried quietly to get him to go home, and in so doing, placed his hand on Jayo’s shoulder; defendant said: “No son of a bitch can take my brother,”…