People v. De Moss

In an information filed by the district attorney of the county of Merced, the defendant was charged with the murder of Mabel De Moss, his wife. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation and a verdict that he was sane at the time of the commission of the offense. Prom a judgment imposing the extreme penalty and from an order denying a new trial, defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The homicide was perpetrated on October 14, 1934, at a time when the parties were estranged. They had been…