People v. Schuler

McLUCAS, J., pro tem.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

It appears that the defendant was employed as a gardener by Harrison Chandler and had been so employed for several years. The deceased, Godfrey Repensek, had also been employed by Chandler as a chauffeur for a little more than one year prior to his death. On March 3, 1925, when Chandler was approaching his home, about seventy-five yards from the garage he heard two shots which he thought was the exhaust from his automobile, as he…