People v. Car Soy

Citations

• 57 Cal. 102

Syllabus

<p>Challenge—Jury Trial—Bias.—In empaneling a jury where one of the parties is a Chinaman, it is proper to ask a juror, whether, other things being equal, the juror would take the word of a Chinaman as soon as that of a white man; and whether, if the defendant, a Chinaman, should be sworn as a witness in Ms own behalf, the juror would give his testimony the same credit that he would give to the story told by a white person, under the same circumstances.</p> <p>Lo.—Id.—A party has the right to put questions to a juror, to show, not only that there exists proper grounds for a challenge for cause, but to elicit facts to enable the party to decide whether or not he will make a peremptory challenge.</p>