People v. Connelly

From a conviction of manslaughter respondent seeks a reversal upon several alleged errors, but one of which is considered necessary to discuss. The altercation, during which the shooting which resulted in death occurred, commenced by an unjustifiable assault by deceased upon respondent, his wife. She claimed that he knocked her down twice, and that she crawled on her hands and knees to her bed, where she got a revolver, and, when he violently assaulted her again, she was put in fear of great bodily injury, and shot in self-defense. There was evidence besides her testimony which raised *261an…