People v. Quong

Citations

• 79 Cal. 553
• 21 P. 951
• 1889 Cal. LEXIS 768

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Assault with Intent to Murder—Stabbing—Evidence— Res Gestie.—When a defendant is accused of assault with a pistol with intent to commit murder, evidence is admissible to prove a stabbing by another party by direction of the defendant given at the time of the assault with the pistol, to show the intent with which the assault was made, and as part of the res gestae; and it is not error to allow the knife with which the stabbing was done to be produced and exhibited in court.</p>