People v. Gingell

By information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County the defendant was charged with the murder, on February 21, 1930, of his wife, Yera Gingell, in the first count, and of Sigurd Bjorneby, in the second count. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree on each count and in each verdict fixed the extreme penalty. From the judgment on each verdict and from the order denying his motion for a new trial the defendant presents this appeal.

The defendant and Vera Ramsey were married at Portland, Oregon, on December 24, 1919. In 1924 they moved to Los Angeles,…