People v. Wong Ah Bang

Citations

• 65 Cal. 305
• 4 P. 19
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>Cbqiinal Law—Inteepbetotg Evidence—Pbaciioe. — Where tlie court, during the trial of a criminal case, instructs the interpreter that whenever the witness undertakes to state something that somebody else has told him he should inform the court, it would be error warranting a reversal of the judgment if it appear that such instructions were acted upon, and that the interpreter merely reported to the court that the witness had stated something that had been told him by somebody, and the court had acted on the bare statement without requiring the interpreter to repeat what the witness had said; but if it does not so appear, the judgment should not be disturbed.</p>