People v. Lim Dum Dong

The defendant was charged with the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. By consent of court the offense was reduced to an assault with a deadly weapon. The defendant admitted that he shot Susie Yamagawa with a revolver, but pleaded that he was irresponsible for the act because he was then insane and therefore did not know the nature of the act which he performed. The question of the sanity of the defendant was tried with a jury. The jury rendered a verdict finding that the defendant was sane at the time of shooting. A motion for new trial was denied. From the…