Wilson

The defendant was charged by information filed by the district attorney with the crime of murder for the killing of one Henry Bose and upon his trial the jury returned a verdict, finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixing the punishment at imprisonment for life.

After ‘the rendition of the verdict a change of attorneys for defendant took place, a motion for a new trial was made and denied. Upon the rendition of judgment in accordance with the verdict, defendant appealed to this court from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial.

Harry Bose conducted in the city and county of San Francisco a small business in the way of supplying globes for electric lights; The defendant was engaged in this business with Bose, either as an employee of Bose, or as his partner. Harry Bose at times suffered from stomach trouble. On the second day of December, 1908, he received through the United States mail by special delivery a letter addressed to him, signed “Charles M. Hawer, M. D.,” and inclosing two powders, which by the terms of the letter were recommended as a cure for stomach trouble. The writer of 'the letter claimed to have learned from an unnamed friend…