People v. Wheeler
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of conviction and from an order denying a new trial, and from an order denying a motion in arrest of judgment, in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Ferral, J.
1Opinion of the Court
McKinstry, J.:
This cause was submitted for decision June 5, 1882.
The District Attorney, in his closing argument to the jury, said he would read, “ as a portion of his argument,” from a book called “ Browne’s Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity.” The bill of exceptions proceeds: “ No testimony had been introduced to show that this was a recognized work or standard *583authority, or that it was a scientific work. The defense objected to said book, or any part thereof, or to any opinion of said alleged writer, on the ground that it had not been established to be a scientific work, or a standard or…
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