People v. French

The appellant, French, was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial.

The court very properly sustained an objection to the question, “ When was it you drove them there?” The interrogatory did not refer to the cattle which the defendant was charged with stealing, and was wholly irrelevant to the issue upon trial. The fact that the witness in his examination in chief made statements as to the acts of the defendant with reference to certain other cattle, which, as far as the record discloses, were statements volunteered by…