People v. Taylor

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 942
• 69 P. 292
• 1902 Cal. LEXIS 894

Syllabus

<p>Larceny.—Evidence Examined, and Held to Sustain defendant’s conviction for grand larceny.</p> <p>Larceny—Evidence.-—In a Prosecution for Grand Larceny of a watch, evidence that defendant,.within two minutes after he had been seen with the prosecutor, also had his cane, was admissible as tending to show that the parties were together, and not objectionable as tending to prove another crime.</p> <p>Larceny—Evidence.—In a Prosecution for Grand Larceny, testimony by the officer arresting defendant that he had a conversation with a party who had seen defendant and the prosecutor together, even if material, was not prejudicial, the contents of the conversation not being given.</p> <p>Larceny—Res Gestae.—In a prosecution for grand larceny of a watch, where a witness testified that, as he passed defendant and prosecutor, he noticed the prosecutor’s watch and chain, and that two minutes later he saw defendant leave the prosecutor, his further testimony that he then noticed prosecutor’s vest was unbuttoned, and the watch and chain gone, was admissible as part of the res gestae.</p>