State v. Vaisa

OPINION OP THE COURT

BRATTON, J.

Francisco Yaisa, Ysidoro Miranda, Carlos Renteria, Luis Medrano, and Eziquel Machucha were jointly indicted charged with the murder of Anton J. Coury, which was alleged to have occurred on September 3, 1921, in a store conducted by him in the town of Duran, Torrance county. All of said persons, except Eziquel Machucha, who had not been apprehended, were jointly tried, and a joint verdict returned finding them guilty of murder in the first degree, following which they were sentenced to death. Appellant Francisco Yaisa perfected this, his separate appeal.

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