People v. Creeks
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. W. B. Wallace, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, for the killing of one James N. Cornell, and adjudged to suffer death. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The deceased was found dead on his own land, under circumstances showing that he had been shot from behind with a shot-gun, and that whatever valuables he had on his person had been taken by the murderer. The evidence relied upon to connect the defendant with the killing was wholly circumstantial.
There was evidence tending to explain away many of the…
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