Kirk

People v. Kirk

Good Law
1917 Cal. App. LEXIS 516·32 Cal. App. 517·163 P. 696
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 12, 1917Crim. No. 647.California777 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Kerrigan, J.

The defendant was charged with having committed a misdemeanor by selling alcoholic liquor contrary to the provisions of what is known as the Wyllie local option law. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced. This appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The principal point made by the defendant for a reversal of the judgment and order is that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion to dismiss the prosecution, based upon section 1324 of the Penal Code, which so far as it is applicable to the facts of this case provides in effect that where a witness offending against any of the provisions of the Penal Code objects to testifying against any other person so offending, or failing to so object and the section is not read to him, his testimony shall not be used in any criminal prosecution against him, nor shall he be liable thereafter to prose-' eution or punishment for the offense with reference to which his testimony was given, or for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may have testified or produced evidence.

In this case it appears that the defendant and one AI Meador were separately…

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