People v. Williams
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Sixth District Court. Williams and Blake were indicted for the murder of Blanchard —Williams alone being on trial.
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Appeal from the Sixth District Court. Williams and Blake were indicted for the murder of Blanchard —Williams alone being on trial. The prosecution proved that the body of Blanchard "was found in a field near a ditch and road leading through the field to the house of deceased; that the head was nearly destroyed and the skull scattered around in pieces; that certain boot tracks, leading across the road and' also from the body to the ditch, marked by large nails, etc., were found; and also appearances indicating that two men had been sitting for a considerable time in the ditch; that the body…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Field, C. J. and Cope, J. concurring.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals from the judgment. The errors assigned are: 1st, that the Court erred in refusing to permit certain questions to be put, on cross-examination, to one Blake, a participator in the crime, who was examined as a witness on the trial. It seems that the testimony, apart from the evidence of Blake, was mostly circumstantial. The testimony of Blake connected the defendant by direct proof with the homicide. In order to understand the point made and our decision upon it, it will be necessary to…
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