People v. Fowler
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. Franklin A. Griffin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
The defendant was charged with the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed on the eighteenth day of December, 1914, one William Fassett being the victim. The defendant was tried, found guilty of murder in the first degree with the punishment fixed at life imprisonment, and he was sentenced accordingly. This appeal is from the order denying his motion for a new trial and from the judgment.
No complaint is made as to any of the rulings of the trial court on the admission or rejection of evidence. The defendant did not take the witness-stand himself, nor was any evidence introduced in his…
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