People v. Car Soy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of conviction, and an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of the County of San Joaquin. Buckley, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Morrison, C. J.:
The defendant was prosecuted by information, in the Superior Court of the county of San Joaquin, for the crime of robbery, *103and was convicted. On this appeal, several errors are assigned, only one of which it will be necessary for the Court to notice.
The defendant is a Chinaman, and, on impaneling the jury in the case, counsel for the defendant asked each of the jurors the following questions:
“ 1. Other things being equal, would you take the word of a Chinaman as soon as you would that of a white man ? ” To this question, the district attorney objected, on the ground that the…
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