People v. Buenaflore

— The defendants, Alfred Buenaflore and Marino Pias, engaged in a gun battle with each other about 7 o’clock in the evening in a public poolroom and restaurant on Post Street in San Francisco known as the Royal Cafe. Neither was injured, but one of the bullets struck and killed German Damsing, the proprietor of the cafe. Following the killing Buenaflore and Pias fled from the scene of the shooting and disappeared; but they were captured about three and a half years later, and having been indicted jointly for the murder of Damsing they were tried together, found guilty by a jury of murder of…