People v. Hunter

The defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

In August, 1924, defendant’s wife commenced an action against him for divorce. Thereafter she and their two children resided at the Bolden Apartments in Fort Bragg and the defendant occupied a room at the White House in the same town. On the 17th or 18th of September the defendant, who had not been in the habit of carrying a gun, purchased a revolver and a box of cartridges. In the afternoon of the 18th he asked his wife to let…