People v. Ehring

Citations

• 65 Cal. 135
• 3 P. 606
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 472

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Evidence—Bes Gestsi—Bobbeby.—Defendant was charged with robbery. The prosecution was permitted to introduce evidence of a statement made by the person alleged to have been robbed, that he had been “knocked down and robbed.” The statement did not show of what he had been robbed, or who had knocked him down and robbed him, and was made some time after the occurrence, and not in the presence of the defendant. The person alleged to have been robbed testified that he thought he had been knocked down and that his watch had been taken from him, but was not certain. He did not state when, where, or by whom the alleged robbery was committed. Selá, that the admission of the evidence as to the statement was erroneous.</p>