People v. Hastings

Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Mendocino County. The portion of the duplicate assessment roll, as amended, which was received in evidence at the trial under the objections of defendants for want of due authentication, and because the assessment therein contained purports to have been made by a person having no legal authority to make it, is as follows: The County Auditor proved that the dollar mark was by him prefixed to the figures in the columns headed “Value of land” and “Total value,” and that he added entire the column headed “ Total,” and that the original…