People v. McCauley
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Municipal Criminal Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendant was indicted for grand larceny committed by stealing money from one Ernest Allen. On the trial she became a witness in her own behalf. On cross-examination she was asked by the attorney for the people if she had not been arrested for stealing money from one Senter.
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Appeal from the Municipal Criminal Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendant was indicted for grand larceny committed by stealing money from one Ernest Allen. On the trial she became a witness in her own behalf. On cross-examination she was asked by the attorney for the people if she had not been arrested for stealing money from one Senter. The attorney for the defendant objected to the question, “ that the defendant could not be shown to be guilty of the offense charged, by showing that she had been accused of another offense.” The Court overruled the objection. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The prisoner was convicted of the offense of grand larceny.
1. The question asked of the defendant when she was upon cross-examination as a witness was not objectionable on the grounds stated. It is certainly true that the prisoner could not be proven guilty of the offense for which she was on trial by proof that she had committed another and distinct offense. The nature of the objection taken does not present the question of the latitude allowed in cross-examination of a witness, in order to show the degree of credit to *148which such a witness is entitled, and it is not necessary to…
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