People v. Plyler

—Defendant has been convicted of mayhem, and appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial.

Under objection and exception the court allowed various jurors upon their voir dire to answer the question, “Do you believe thait a man has the right to take the law into his own hands and thereby commit a crime?” The attorney general contends that the question was clearly proper for the purpose of securing light upon the minds of the jurors with a view to a peremptory challenge, and for authority relies upon People v. Car Boy, 57 Cal. 102. It would seem that People v. Hamilton,…