People v. Colvin

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him, and also from an order denying his motion *350íor a new trial. He has been convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The grounds relied upon for reversal of the judgment and new trial are few, and not of serious importance.

The defendant and the deceased had been working at a logging camp. .The defendant, with his valise in his hand, preparatory' to leaving the camp, passed the house where deceased and his wife, who was a sister of defendant, were living. The sister appeared at the door as defendant was passing by…