People v. Wong Hing

The defendant was accused by information duly filed in the superior court of Yolo County of the crime of killing and murdering one Gue Ton, and, upon being tried upon said information, was found guilty by the jury of murder of the second degree.

The cause has been brought to this court by the defendant by an appeal from the judgment and the order denying him a new trial.

The homicide occurred on a hop ranch, known as the “Blauth Ranch,” situated a few miles north of the town of Washington, in Yolo County, on the eighth day of September, 1914, at between the hours of 7 and 8 o ’clock in the evening.

A large number of Chinese was engaged in picking hops on said ranch at the time of the homicide and the shooting took place in the Chinese camp. Information of the shooting was shortly after it occurred received by Constable Russell of the town of Washington, and he immediately went to the scene of the homicide. Arriving there he found the Chinese in a high state of excitement as a result of the shooting, and saw the dead body of Gue Ton, bearing several wounds produced by a pistol, lying on the floor of the camp. He proceeded to make an investigation and to this end looked…