People v. Brown
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County, and from an order denying a new trial. Geo. E. Church, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, P. J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for a new trial.
He was informed against by the district attorney of Fresno county for the crime of murder and found guilty of man slaughter. In support of his plea of not guilty the defendant attempted to prove that the homicide was committed by him in self-defense.
The defendant, on the twenty-fifth day of February, 1910, was employed as a porter in the Palace saloon at Coalinga, Fresno county. The defendant’s statement of the incidents leading up to the shooting was, substantially, that at about 11 o’clock…
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