People v. Grimes
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Placer County and from an order denying a new trial. J. E. Prewett, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of thé court.
1Opinion of the Court
McFARLAND J.
— Defendant was charged with the murder of one Charles McLaughlin, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The principal features of the case are these: At about 6:30 o’clock of the morning of December 26, 1899, the appellant, the deceased, and one Gleason were engaged in playing poker in a card-room adjoining the main saloon of Fred Lutz, in the town of Ophir, Placer County. They had been so engaged through most of the previous night. When the last hand was being played, the deceased…
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