People v. Allen
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. M. T. Brittan, J. W. Maddux, John D. Harloe, and John T. Williams, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The defendant was tried for the murder of his wife, Sadie Allen, sometimes known as Pearl Evans. The jury returned a verdict of murder of the first degree. His motion for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to suffer the death penalty. He appeals from the judgment.
The killing took place at Williams, Colusa County, on the night of December 25, 1912. The woman, Sadie Allen or Pearl Evans, was an inmate of a house of prostitution at that place, and her husband, the defendant, had visited her a few days before the tragedy. He testified that when he had married her, some years…
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