State v. Joseph

Defendant was convicted of the manslaughter of one Okey Eugene Richards. He appeals from the judgment which followed the conviction. Defendant admitted the killing. He claimed it was done in self-defense. There are five assignments of error. The one assignment of substantial merit is directed at a part of the instructions on self-defense. The assignments do not require a detailed statement of the facts.

During the afternoon of September 20, 1959, defendant shot and killed Richards and another man named Deman. On and prior to that date, defendant was employed on a ranch near Chiloqnin in…