People v. Byler
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County, and from an order denying a new trial. J. A. Allen, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WORKS, J., pro tem.
The appellant was tried under an information charging him with the murder of Frank Meadows, was found guilty of manslaughter, and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. At the time of the commission of the offense, Byler was over sixty years of age, while Meadows was about fifty; Byler was somewhat weakened by disease, Meadows was of unusual physical strength and proportions; both men were addicted to the use of liquor, and they were both probably intoxicated at the time of the tragedy; Byler certainly was. The killing occurred late at night, just outside Byler’s house,…
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