People v. Stiglin

Sherman, J. (concurring).

A careful examination of the record here leads to the conclusion that the finding of the jury was against the credible evidence, and, in addition, I hold that the defendant was not accorded a fair trial.

The proof of perjury committed in the Magistrate’s Court rests entirely upon the testimony of two prostitutes who, with light regard for their oath, have erred in their testimony in so many respects as to render their evidence utterly unworthy of belief, and of one Acuna, an infamous self-confessed criminal and stool pigeon, who did not claim to have ever done an…