People v. Quimby

Under an information charging him with the crime of murder, the appellant was convicted of murder of the second degree. He appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The homicide occurred at a small village known as Darrah, in Mariposa county, on the sixth day of November, 1906, the day upon which the general election throughout the state was held that year. The polling place at Darrah on that day was in the public school building. The deceased, Richard Smither, had been, prior to the fatal shooting, at the residence of Richard Darrah, having gone there,…