People v. Dene
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. Frank H. Dunne, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Defendant, a Chinaman, was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, for the killing of one Wong Che, also, a Chinaman, and in due time appealed to this court from the judgment and the order of the court denying his motion for a new trial.
The only matter urged for a reversal is that the court erred in allowing the testimony, given at the preliminary examination of defendant by one Cornelius Lonergan, to be read in evidence over the objection of defendant, that due diligence had not been shown by the People in an effort to procure the attendance at the trial of the witness.
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