People v. Russell

In an information filed by the District Attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant was accused of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon. A jury found him guilty and this is an appeal by him from the judgment.

Defendant had been working as a “burner” at the California Shipbuilding Corporation in Los Angeles County and the complaining witness, Arthur Warner, was his foreman. On the morning of November 4, 1942, defendant and complainant became embroiled in a heated argument as to whether defendant would perform a certain type of work assigned to him by his foreman. When the defendant refused…