People v. Williams

Defendant was convicted of the murder of Margarete Heitmiller, murder in the first degree with life imprisonment fixed as the penalty. He appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for new trial.

Counsel make no claim of insufficiency of the evidence but advance numerous assignments of error claimed to be prejudicial. One of them centers upon the exclusion of certain proffered evidence concerning the propensity of decedent after drinking a small amount of alcohol to suffer convulsive episodes leading to numerous injuries of her person. This evidence was offered as corroboration…