Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....Killing Of Mrs. Laura Walker 1882
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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

   KILLING OF MRS. LAURA WALKER.—A man named Walker, who lived on the farm of
Mr. Sellers, near the Kirker Pass, on the Nortonville side, was arrested on
Sunday, September 5, 1869, for causing the death of his wife by beating her.
Both the accused and deceased are reported to have been indulging excessively in
drink on the previous evening, at the house of a neighbor, and the beating
occurred on the way home. On November 30, 1870, Walker was convicted of
manslaughter, when a motion was made for a new trial, which was denied, and the
prisoner sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State Prison.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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