I&#39;m trying to find what the 197 penal code was in the 1930&#39;s
<p>For a project on the book ''Of Mice and Of Men'', I have to prove that George is innocent of the murder of Lennie. My goal is to say that George didn't commit murder, but that it was a justified homicide. I'm planning to use the 4 point underneath a justified homicide : ''When necessarily committed in attempting, by lawful ways and means, to apprehend any person for any felony committed, or in lawfully suppressing any riot, or in lawfully keeping and preserving the peace''. So, I'll say how George is technically protecting future victims of George.</p>
<p>So I need to find what the Californian 197 Penal Code which is on justified homicide was in 1930's around. Does someone know where I could find it?</p>

<p>Here is a pdf of the original <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t9x067b09&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=116&amp;q1=197" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Penal Code of California</a>: enacted in 1872 and as amended up to and including 1905. I cannot find any further amendments made before the publication of Of Mice and Men in 1937 (#197 is on page 116)...</p>

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