California Supreme Court December 8, 1898, Crim. No. 474 (People v. Worthington)

GAROUTTE, J.

Defendant has been convicted of the crime *584of muider in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. His counsel now strenuously contend that the evidence at most only shows a case of manslaughter. The facts surrounding the homicide are few, and it can hardly be said that a substantial conflict is disclosed by the evidence upon any important matter.