Salaz

Upon an information charging him with the murder of Ignacio Gonzales, defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and now appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial.

Defendant, who in the trial court admitted the killing hut claimed that it was done in necessary self-defense, claims here that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. The salient facts in the ease are these: Decedent lived with his wife and family in a house located about a block and a half from the scene of the tragedy, which occurred near the intersection of Gabriel and Effie Streets, in the city of Los Angeles. Some time prior to the homicide the deceased had had illicit relations with Manuela Gonzales, a married woman who had separated from her husband and who seems to have been the cause of the jealousy which led to the deadly encounter. Though the woman and decedent bore the same surname, they were not related either by consanguinity or affinity. An illegitimate child was the result of their meretricious relations. Manuela Gonzales lived with her father at 1758 Gabriel Street, about a half block north of Effie Street. Defendant worked at El Segundo, in Los Angeles County. He…