People v. Valcalda

RICHARDS, J., pro tem.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of the defendant of the crime of murder of the first degree. The homicide with which the defendant was charged was that of having shot and killed one John Cox in the city of Sutter Creek, Amador County, on the second day of March, 1921. The shooting occurred at about the hour of 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, upon the main street and in the business part of said city, and as to these facts and also as to the fact that the defendant shot and killed the deceased without warning or immediate provocation there was no…