People v. Kerr
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, and from an order denying a new trial. R. H. Latimer, Judge. The facts are. stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment and order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
Defendant was charged with the crime of assault with intent to commit murder. The assault is' charged to have been committed with a deadly weapon, and upon his trial the jury found the defendant guilty of assault with a deadly weapon.
The evidence showed that defendant became engaged in a quarrel with one Sobereska, and shot him twice with a pistol. One shot passed through the breast bone, the chest cavity a little above the heart, and lodged in the muscles of the back about three inches from the surface.…
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