Legal Opinion

People v. McGuire

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872No. 3,372PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of the City and County oi San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court:

The defendant, a white man, was indicted for the crime of assault with intent to commit murder, alleged to have been committed upon one Sam Wah, a native and subject of the Empire of China, residing in this State. v

*57On the trial the said Sam Wah was called as a witness on the part of the people, and permitted by the Court, against the objections of the defendant, to give material testimony in the case.

The defendant, having been convicted, prosecutes this appeal.

In The People v. Brady, 40 Cal. 198, it was held by this Court, one of the Justices dissenting, that the statute of this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. BradyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. People v. TriggsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Lupo v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
  4. County of Los Angeles v. Wilshire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1979
  5. People v. HarringtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872

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