State v. Ellis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, C. J.

Defendant was charged in the superior court of Kittitas county with murder in the first degree, and he was convicted of manslaughter. At the trial the fact of the homicide was admitted. The plea of self-defense was interposed by the defendant, and this was the only issued tried. Evidence was given tending to show that deceased had the general reputation of a dangerous, quarrelsome, and fighting man; that he had before threatened to kill defendant; that such reputation and threats were known to defendant before the shooting, and that…