People v. Attema

Appellant was charged in the superior court in and for the county of Santa Clara with the crime of murder, was convicted of manslaughter, and from the judgment and order denying a new trial has appealed, urging as grounds for reversal that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict, that the conduct of the court and the prosecuting attorney was prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant, and assigns as error rulings of the court in admitting and rejecting evidence and in giving and refusing to give instructions.

Appellant, with his wife, Carrie Attema, was, on November 8,…