People v. McSweeney

Citations

• 4 Cal. Unrep. 924
• 38 P. 743
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1268

Syllabus

<p>Homicide—Character of Defendant.—Where the Question as to what the witness in a murder ease had heard against the defendant was not limited to a period prior to the homicide, it was properly ruled out.1</p> <p>Homicide—Character of Defendant.—Where a Witness in a Murder case on Ms direct examination did not testify that he knew the defendant’s reputation at any time, and on cross-examination his testimony tended to show that his knowledge of such reputation prior to the homicide-was insufficient to qualify him to testify regarding it, it was not error to refuse to allow him to further testify on the subject on his redirect examination.</p>