People v. Ballard
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 CourtHarrison, P. J.
The appellant was convicted in the superior court for San Francisco of the crime of robbery, and has appealed from the judgment thereon and also from an order denying him a new trial.
The prosecuting witness, Thomas Cronan, upon whom the robbery was committed, was not present at the trial, and the district attorney offered to read in evidence the transcript of his testimony given before the police court at the preliminary examination of the defendant; and for the purpose of laying the foundation for reading the same introduced evidence of his absence from the city, and of the efforts to secure…
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