People v. Johnson
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Napa County, and from an order denying a new trial. Henry C. Gesford, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of . manslaughter under an information accusing him of the crime of murder.
This .appeal is from the judgment and the order denying defendant a new trial.
The only point made here is on the ruling of the court refusing, it is claimed, to allow the defendant to establish a. foundation for the introduction in evidence of the deposition of a witness taken at the preliminary examination of the charge on which the accused was tried.
Section 686, subdivision 3, of the Penal Code, upon which counsel sought to introduce the evidence of said witness, provides,…
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