People v. Mitchell
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tehama County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Temple, C.
The defendant, having been convicted of murder in the second degree, appeals from the judgment and a refusal of a new trial.
It appears that Oscar Crandall was fatally shot, about midnight, April 23, 1891, near Rathja’s saloon, in the town of Red Bluff. Crandall, who had been in the saloon, went out upon the back porch, where he was engaged for a time imitating Chinese talk. Two or three minutes after he went out, Rathja heard the report of a pistol, and went upon the back porch, but saw no one. The back yard was surrounded by a high fence. The saloon was at the corner of Main and…
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