People v. Main
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Napa County and from an order refusing a new trial. E. D. Ham, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The defendant was convicted of burglary in the first degree, in entering a slaughterhouse and stealing therefrom a sheep and a hog that had been killed, for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for seven years in the state prison.
The only evidence before the jury connecting the defendant with the overt act was that of one Hanson, against whom an information had been filed charging him with burglary committed at the same time and place. After he had been called as a witness he refused to testify upon the ground that his testimony would tend to convict him of a felony, and thereupon the…
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