People v. Lee Fat

Citations

• 54 Cal. 527

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Perjurt—Crjminai. Law.—Upon the trial of an indictment for perjury, alleged to have been committed by the defendant iny testifying upon the examination of a party charged with felony, the complaint against the .latter—sworn to by the defendant—is admissible for the purpose of showing the pendency of the case in which the perjury was alleged to have been committed.</p> <p>Id.—Reporter's Hotes—Interpreter.— By an act of the Legislature, the reporter’s notes, taken before a committing magistrate upon a preliminary examination for felony, are made prima facie evidence of the testimony given; but held, that such notes were inadmissible where the testimony was taken through an interpreter.</p>