People v. Hellum

STONE, J. *

Appellant and a eodefendant were charged with burglary. At their preliminary hearing defense counsel objected to the introduction of most of the pertinent evidence, urging the exclusionary rule of the Calían ease, the hearsay evidence rule, and the unreliability of an informer. Had the objections been sustained and the evidence excluded, there would have been insufficient evidence to hold appellant and his codefendant to answer.

The questions presented by the objections were novel in some respects, which prompted the magistrate to request points and authorities from the district…