People v. Endner

Defendant, accused of the murder of his mother, Martha Ella Endner, was convicted in a trial by the court, the crime was found to be murder of the second degree, and defendant was sentenced to state prison. After the denial of his motion for a new trial, he appealed from the order and from the judgment. His sole contention on the appeal is that the evidence failed to show that Mrs. Endner’s death was the result of a criminal agency.

Defendant and his mother had lived together for some 25 years; he had cared for his mother and, with some help from a brother and a sister, had supported her.…