People v. Ah Yute
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, upon an indictment for murder, in the Fifteenth District Court, City and County of San Francisco. Dwinelle, J. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
In bank, Ross, J.:
Houghtaling, the police officer, who arrested the defendant, took him, on the day of the homicide, to the place where the body of the deceased was lying, and where they met Ah Heong, a Chinese woman, and he (Houghtaling) was asked by the prosecution what she said in the presence of the defendant. Defendant objected to the question, on the ground that it wag incompetent, and sought to elicit hearsay testimony. The objection being overruled, the witness answered : “ She said, this (the defendant) is the man who shot and killed him.”
The prosecution did not show, or attempt to…
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