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— Appellant was charged by information in the superior court of Los Angeles County with a violation of the Wright Act, a high-grade misdemeanor, and was tried and found guilty. This appeal is taken from an order of the superior court denying his motion for a new trial, and from the judgment of conviction.

Two grounds are urged, upon which it is claimed that the judgment should be reversed. First, it is said that the municipal court of the city of Los Angeles has exclusive jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed in the county of Los Angeles and not within any incorporated city other than Los Angeles. This question was decided adversely to appellant’s contention in People v. Denault, 81 Cal. App. 1 [ 253 Pac. 151 ]. It was there held that as to high-grade misdemeanors committed in the county, and outside the territorial limits of the city in which the municipal court has been established, the jurisdiction now, as before the establishment of the municipal court, is in the superior court.

The other point urged by appellant is that “severe and improper cross-examination” by the court of a defense witness tended to show that the court was biased and prejudiced against the…