People v. Kern
California Supreme Court
, Appeal from a judgment of conviction and from an order denying a new trial in the Superior Court of City and County of San Francisco. Ferbal, J.
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
During the examination in chief of a witness for the prosecution, who had testified that she lived next door to the house where defendant and deceased had lived together as husband and wife until the time of the homicide, the following question was propounded to the witness by the District Attorney: “About a month before her death did deceased come to your house and stay all night, and if so, state why she came there, and under what circumstances ? ” Objection was made by defendant’s counsel that the question was irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial; but upon the District Attorney…
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