People v. Williams
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Eleventh District. Indictment for murder. Defendant seems to have been collecting a road tax, and on going by appointment to the house of a Chinaman in Georgetown to collect his tax, got into a difficulty with deceased, another Chinaman, and shot him.
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Appeal from the Eleventh District. Indictment for murder. Defendant seems to have been collecting a road tax, and on going by appointment to the house of a Chinaman in Georgetown to collect his tax, got into a difficulty with deceased, another Chinaman, and shot him. In empannelling the jury, a juror being examined stated that he had heard as rumor what purported to be the facts in the case, but not from a witness, nor from a person professing to have knowledge of such facts, and from what he had heard had “ formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accusedthat he had no reason to…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Cope, J. concurring.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter on an indictment for murder.
Several points are made:
1. As to the rejection by the Court of a juror. The exception does not seem to be properly taken, though the juror was not disqualified upon objection for implied bias, as we held in the case of People v. Reynolds at the last term. In that case we laid down the rules governing this whole matter; and by an observance of them no difficulties need be experienced on the subject.
2. The exclusion of the proof as to the habit of the Chinese in resisting the collection of taxes. This…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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