People v. Bostic

The defendant was charged with the murder of one Horace E. Montague, the date of the commission of the crime being December 1, 1913, and the place the county of Los Angeles. He was captured in San Francisco about three weeks after the commission of the homicide and was taken to Los Angeles. On the trip southward he freely confessed his guilt to Mr. W. A. Hammel, sheriff of Los Angeles County, and to Captain T. H. Broadhead, an employee of the Southern Pacific Company. Subsequently he was preliminarily examined before a magistrate, was held to answer, and an information duly charging him with…