People v. Ah Luck
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of the County of Nevada. Caldwell, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Mykigk, J.:
The defendants were indicted for the murder of one Ah Gow; and the defendants Ah Luck, On Gue, and Ah Sing were convicted of murder in the first degree, the punishment of the first being death, and of the others of imprisonment for life.
1. The defendants allege that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the verdict, in that the evidence does not show that death resulted from wounds inflicted by the defendants, but might have been from drowning. The circumstances were, that deceased was shot, and was cut by some sharp instrument, upon a bridge crossing the Truckee River, at…
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