People v. Shaw
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, and from an order granting a new trial. N. A. Dorn, Judge. The district attorney, on cross-examination of the defendant, asked' him: “Where had you been that day, before you met Mason and killed him?” To this question the defendant objected that it was not cross-examination.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, and from an order granting a new trial. N. A. Dorn, Judge. The district attorney, on cross-examination of the defendant, asked' him: “Where had you been that day, before you met Mason and killed him?” To this question the defendant objected that it was not cross-examination. The district attorney then said, in the presence and hearing of the jury: “I propose to show that he was drinking beer all morning,” to which remark the defendant took exception. The court held that the proof purposed was not proper cross-examination. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
The defendant was charged with the murder of one Eugene Mason, and was convicted of murder in the second degree. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
It is not seriously urged that the evidence introduced is insufficient to justify the verdict, or that the court committed any material error in the matter of instructing the jury; but it is contended that there should be a reversal on account of certain errors claimed to have been committed by the court during the progress of the *174trial in ruling upon the admissibility of evidence. These alleged errors…
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