People v. Manzo

The defendant has appealed from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first .degree, with punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment, and from an order denying a new trial. The killing is admitted but it is claimed that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict ; and also, that the court erred in failing to give the jury certain instructions and in the exclusion of evidence.

The crime occurred in the yard adjoining the homes of the defendant and his victim. Apparently there were a number of small houses on one lot. The defendant and Ms family lived in one of these houses.…