People v. Hayes
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County, and from an order denying a new trial. G. W-. Hunter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Defendant was charged by information with the crime of murder, for the killing of one William S. Jenks on the eighth day of January, 1907, in Humboldt county. Upon his trial the jury returned a verdict finding him “guilty of murder in the second degree at the extreme mercy of the court. ’ ’ Defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was by the court denied, and judgment was rendered that he be imprisoned for the period of twenty years. Defendant appealed from the judgment and order denying his motion.
The first and principal contention of appellant is that the court erred in refusing to…
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