People v. Grill

The defendant was charged with.the murder of one W. S. Pearse. He was convicted of murder of the first degree. His motion for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to death. He appeals from the judgment and order.

1. Certain statements made by the defendant, wherein he admitted that Pearse received his death-wound from a shotgun which -defendant at the time held in his hands, he claiming that the discharge was accidental, were introduced in evidence. It is urged that there was no sufficient proof of the corpus delicti aside from these admissions. This claim is evidently based on the…