People v. Lee Nam Chin
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Lafayette J. Smallpage, and Gordon A. Stewart, for Appellant. U. S. Webb, Attorney-General, J. Charles Jones, Deputy Attorney-General, and Edward Van Vrankan, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Appellant was convicted in the superior court of San Joaquin County of murder, sentenced to death, and from the. judgment and the order denying him a new trial appeals.
The deceased, Kim Yuen, and defendant, both Coreans, were employed on a potato ranch in San Joaquin County, managed by a Chinaman, and some serious difficulty, inaugurated by defendant, occurring between them, the manager discharged the deiendant. The next day—September 26, 1912—about noon, deceased and a number of Chinamen started in a wagon from the ranch to go to Walnut Grove, and the defendant accompanied them. After they…
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