People v. Matthews
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Santa Clara County. John A. Matthews was convicted of murder and appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, C.
The defendant was charged with the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed in the felonious *342killing of one Heinrich Hopken on the twenty-eighth day of June, 1898. It appears that defendant was, at the time of the homicide, a constable of Milpitas township, in Santa Clara county. He had been in and around the saloon of one Pancera nearly all the afternoon, and had been drinking. About 8 o’clock or later in. the evening defendant was engaged in playing cards with one McCarron and others in the saloon, when Pancera came in and informed the parties in the saloon that if any of…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. JohnsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- People v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Murphy v. MurrayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
- City of Los Angeles v. GlassellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- People v. PerryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- City of Los Angeles v. LelandeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1909