People v. Lee Look

A certain document in the form of an information was presented to the superior court and filed as a record thereof; and upon such information the defendant, after trial, was found by a jury “guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the information.” Judgment thereon was rendered that he suffer the penalty of death, and he appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant demurred to the information, and contends that, for reasons hereinafter noticed, it does not state facts sufficient to constitute the crime of murder. The entire information…