State v. Edmondson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Chaves County; McClure, Judge. Park Edmondson and Albert Daniels were convicted of larceny of neat cattle, and they appeal. Affirmed. It is proper that object to which testimony relates should be brought into the court room and exhibited when this can be done. 10 R. C. L. p. 991. The appellants were prejudiced by the displayed impatience of the court.
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Appeal from District Court, Chaves County; McClure, Judge. Park Edmondson and Albert Daniels were convicted of larceny of neat cattle, and they appeal. Affirmed. It is proper that object to which testimony relates should be brought into the court room and exhibited when this can be done. 10 R. C. L. p. 991. The appellants were prejudiced by the displayed impatience of the court. State v. Clements, 15 Ore. 237. Court may properly admonish counsel during trial of case but it is error for court to make unnecessary remarks which tend to 'prejudice the rights of the parties. 16 C. J. § 2097; State…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
ROBERTS, J.
The appellants, Park Edmondson and Albert Daniels were convicted in the district court of Chaves county of the crime of larceny of neat cattle, and they have appealed to this court.
[1] The first ground upon which they rely for reversal is alleged error of the trial court in the admission of certain evidence. Jake Phillips was a witness for the state, and testified on the stand that he had assisted the appellants in the commission of the crime for which they were being prosecuted. It was brought out by the appellants’ attorney on cross-examination that Phillips…
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