People v. Sing Yow

The defendant and four others were jointly informed against in the superior court of Sacramento County for the murder of one Jeong Him, and upon a separate trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree and adjudged to suffer death. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

1. The principal point made upon this appeal is as to the action of the trial court in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

The evidence on the part of the prosecution on the trial of the case was to the effect that the…