Parisi

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. The jury was justified in believing that the defendant laid in wait for the deceased, Felix Paladino, in the vicinity of Fresno and H Streets, Fresno, California, about 6 P. M., May 17, 1922. That the decedent was returning from his work, carrying a crate of strawberries, which he was taking home. That the defendant stopped the decedent, spoke to him, and then drew a revolver and began firing at him. The deceased dropped the crate of strawberries and fled as fast as he could, while the defendant followed him, firing at him as he ran, and finally overtook him. The defendant having used all his ammunition, began beating the deceased over the head. Two firemen, Earl Hartman and R. M. Hicks, and a special police officer named J. T. Kennedy, intervened while the defendant was beating the deceased over the head with the butt of his revolver and placed the defendant under arrest and sent the deceased to a hospital, where he died as a result of his wounds. Four shots struck the deceased, one of which penetrated the lower abdomen, resulting in peritonitis, from which the decedent died. The defendant…