People v. Lee Ah Yute
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a new trial in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Freelon, J. No briefs on file.
1Opinion of the Court
Morrison, C. J.:
On the trial of this case in the Superior Court, the defendant offered himself as a witness, and on his cross-examination was asked if he did not, on a former trial of the case, testify “that he (defendant) was, at a time mentioned, in the house of the deceased, talking with the deceased and with a woman named Ah Heong immediately prior to the shooting, and that while there he saw Lee Wing' look through the window?” The defendant denied that he had ever so testified, and for the purpose of contradicting him, the Chinese interpreter, Louis Locke, was called for the prosecution,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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