People v. Collins

It was not supposed that Leachman, whom it is charged respondent murdered, died from other than natural causes. He was attended by a physician from October 14th until October 23d, when he died. A post-mortem examination was had, not because it was suspected that he had been poisoned, but to learn the extent of certain bodily injuries received by him at the hands of other men shortly before he became ill. Both the antemortem and the post-mortem evidence indicated death from pneumonia. His attending physician, who assisted at the autopsy, certified that the cause of his death was double…