People v. Lon Yeck

Citations

• 123 Cal. 246
• 6 Cal. Unrep. 214
• 55 P. 984
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 1051

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Instruction—Distrust of False Witness—Estoppel of Defendants.—An instruction that “a witness whose testimony is false in one part is to be distrusted in other parts,” is framed substantially in the language of the statute; though, in giving such an instruction, the court should take heed to the suggestions made in People v. Plyler, 121 Cal. 160. But where such instruction was given at the request of the defendants, they cannot insist that it does not contain a sound declaration of law.</p> <p>Id.—Conflicting Evidence—Chinese Witnesses—Review upon Appeal.—Where the evidence in a criminal case is squarely conflicting, and all of the direct evidence in the case comes from Chinese witnesses, whose interests were involved in the litigation, and who flatly contradicted each other, the verdict of the jury will not be disturbed on appeal.</p>