People v. Washburn

THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.

The defendant was indicted for bribery, tried and convicted of the offense, and appeals from the judgment pronounced upon the verdict and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The first reason assigned by the appellant for a reversal of the judgment is that the court erred in permitting certain cross-examination of a police officer. The defense endeavored to establish an alibi and evidence was introduced to show that appellant had been working* in another part of the city of Los Angeles on the evening in question; that about 11 o’clock in the evening,…