People v. Kamaunu
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of El Dorado County and* from an order denying a new trial. M. P. Bennett, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. He was charged jointly with one Liloi. During the trial the charge against Liloi was dismissed under section 1099 of the Penal Code, and Liloi was called as a witness against Kamaunu. Witness and Kamaunu were natives of the Sandwich Islands, and spoke English very imperfectly. They had been employed inputting wood, and lived together. They had finished their contract and had just been paid off. There was evidence tending to show that one of them, on the day before the homicide, had purchased a…
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