People v. Hubert
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Calaveras County and. from an order denying a new trial. E. C. Eust, Judge. The main facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The' nature of the ruling upon the evidence of the witness C. Burger is set forth in the syllabus upon the subject of the testimony of a business acquaintance, and the laying of a foundation therefor.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals from the judgment and from an order refusing a new trial. The defense was insanity of the defendant, caused by excessive indulgence in alcoholic drinks for a number of years, inducing chronic alcoholism, through which his. brain became permanently diseased, causing delusions and rendering him incapable of knowing the wrongfulness of the act, for the commission of which he stood charged.
The evidence tended to show that he had been almost constantly drunk for some years, and during the last few months before the homicide had…
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