People v. Padilla

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of robbery and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The first point presented by appellant is made in connection with the introduction in evidence, over defendant’s objection, of the testimony given by a certain witness at the preliminary examination of defendant before the committing magistrate.

Section 68-6 of the Penal Code is authority for the rule that the testimony of a witness taken at a preliminary examination of a defendant may be read at the trial in the superior court upon its being satisfactorily shown to the…