People v. Hendrix

Defendant was tried in the county of San Diego for the killing of one Thomas Kester, and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. He moved for a new trial and, the motion being denied, he was sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. This appeal is from the judgment and the order denying a new trial.

In the early part of the summer of 1922 the defendant, J. V. Hendrix, Thomas Kester, the deceased, and the wife of the latter met in a lumber camp in the northern part of the state. There they entered into an agreement to engage in the unlawful manufacture and sale of whisky in San Diego…