People v. Yee Fook Din

Citations

• 106 Cal. 163
• 39 P. 530
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 586

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Assault with Intent to Murder — Evidence.—Evidence that a person accused of an assault with intent to commit murder had a knife and pistol on his person nearly a month after the commission of the alleged assault is inadmissible; and the cross-examination of a defendant thereon, against his objection, is inexcusable, and prejudicial error.</p> <p>Id.—Form of Objections to Evidence.—The fact that objections to evidence in a criminal case might have been put in better form is not ground for disregarding them; but technicalities should be liberally viewed when urged against a defendant in a criminal case.</p>