People v. Kerrigan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
— The defendant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder. The defenses interposed at the trial were, not guilty and insanity. *223During the progress of the trial in the court below the defendant became greatly excited, and indulged in profane and abusive language, addressed to the judge and other officers of the court. Her conduct created so much commotion among the spectators that the trial was seriously interrupted, and the court found it necessary to make an order excluding spectators from the courtroom.
Appellant claims that she was deprived of the constitutional right of a…
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