People v. Travis

McKee, J.:

The defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, for the unlawful killing of A. Gf. Hill; and he appeals from the judgment, and an order overruling a motion for a new trial.

In the course of the trial, one Emerson, a witness for the defendant, gave the following testimony: “ I had a conversation with Hill, the deceased, in relation to the Travises—Georgia, Wirt, and John. It was in Petaluma, about the last of May or the 1st of June, 1878. Hill said the first thing he would do with them boys, he -would commence killing them, if he got in a row with them. ” At this point in…