State v. Fradet

Defendant was tried on a charge of unlawfully having possession of intoxicating liquor. The jury found him guilty. He moved for a new trial, but his motion was denied. Thereupon he perfected this appeal from the judgment of conviction.

Such of the facts as are necessary for an understanding of the case will hereafter be recited in disposing of the points raised on the appeal.

The defendant first urges as ground for reversal that he had no proper preliminary examination. It appears that when he was arrested he was taken before a magistrate for such an examination. He demanded that the testimony…