People v. Gordon

This is a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, made pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (§ 465, subd. 7). While, strictly speaking, it did not appear by the affidavits submitted that upon *26another trial the defendant could procure evidence such as, if before received, would probably have changed the result, the court, in the interests of justice, at open hearings, compelled, not only the personal appearance of the affiants before it for their personal examination and cross-examination under oath as to the contents of their affidavits, but…