People v. Trent

THE COURT.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the defendant of grand larceny and from an order denying a new trial. The appellant urges two points upon this appeal, both of which relate to the regularity of the court’s action in admitting in evidence the deposition of the prosecuting witness taken upon the preliminary examination and’ without the presence of which in evidence it is conceded the defendant could not have been convicted of the alleged crime.

The first contention of the appellant is that the court erred in admitting the deposition in evidence without having the…