People v. Amanacus
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, County of Solano. The defendant was indicted for, and convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder, and appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
Sachell, a witness for the prosecution, having testified in chief, was asked by the counsel for the defendant whether he had been convicted of felony, and answered that he had. Subsequently, the prosecution called a witness to prove that the general reputation of Sachell for truth, honesty and integrity in the community in which he resided was good. This proof was objected to by the counsel for the prisoner, on the grounds “that the same was irrelevant, incompetent and inadmissible; that no evidence had been offered by the prisoner tending to impeach the said…
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