State v. Turpin

Appellant was tried, convicted and sentenced in the lower court of manslaughter. The charge of the information was that he, in King county, this state, on June 16, 1929, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with his hands and fists did strike, beat, knock down and otherwise assault one Tee Yen, a human being, thereby mortally wounding Yee Yen, of which mortal wounds Yee Yen then and there languished and died on June 16, 1929. The theory of the state was that the killing was without justification or excuse, while appellant claimed that he struck the blow.in self-defense, and that the death…