Nuich

By information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County the defendant Tony Nuich was charged with the ‘ ‘ crime of Possession of Still, a Felony, committed as follows: That the said Tony Nuich on or about the 24th day of November, 1928, at and in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, did willfully, unlawfully and feloniously own, operate and cause to be operated, and knowingly have in his possession and control, a certain Still Worm, Still Cap, Still Condenser and Distilling Device, designed, used and intended to be used in the manufacture and production of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. ’ ’ The jury returned a verdict of guilty, as charged, and in due course the defendant was sentenced by the court to the penitentiary for the period prescribed by statute.

In his plea for a reversal of the judgment appellant urges that the court erred in rulings made in connection with the offer of certain testimony, and also urges that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence.

It is urged by appellant that in two instances the court erred in sustaining objections of the district attorney to the reading of what purported to be the testimony of a…