People v. Corlett

The defendant was charged with an assault upon James Carl Stafford, on October 31, 1943, with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. In a second count of the information he was accused, under section 245 of the Penal Code, of an assault upon the same person with a deadly weapon. The jury acquitted him of the first charge, but convicted him of the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon. A motion for new trial was denied. Prom the judgment of conviction and from the order denying a new trial the defendant has appealed.

As grounds for reversal the appellant contends that the judgment is…