People v. Mortier

Morrison, C. J.:

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Superior Court of Mendocino County of the crime of murder in the first degree, and having moved for a new trial, which was denied in the Court below, he prosecutes this appeal. The grounds upon which the motion for a new trial was based were the following:

“ The Court misdirected the jury in matters of law, and erred in the decisions of questions of law arising during the progress of the trial;

“ 2. The verdict is contrary to the evidence;

“ 3. That before a juror was called the defendant was not informed by the Court or…