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· 7/1/1870

People v. Gelabert

Citations

  • 39 Cal. 663
  • 1870 Cal. LEXIS 127

Syllabus

<p>Confession op the Accused.—Witness.—A witness who has a very imperfect knowledge of the language employed in the conversation, and who did not understand the whole of the conversation in which the supposed confession was made to him by the accused, is incompetent to testify as to such confession.</p>

Judges: Wallace

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