People v. MacCagnan

Convicted of having had in his possession “flowering tops and leaves of Indian Hemp,” familiarly called “marijuana,” (Health & Saf. Code, §11500) a narcotic, defendant seeks a reversal on the grounds of (1) the insufficiency of the evidence to prove he had knowledge of his possession of the contraband; (2) errors in rejecting appellant’s offered instructions on (a) knowledge, (b) giving other instructions, (e) accusatory statements; (3) error in receiving evidence of value of contraband; (4) error in the prosecutor’s telling the jury defendant admitted his guilt; (5) error in proceeding on an…