Hartwell

Upon an information charging him therewith, defendant was convicted of the offense defined in section 288 of the Penal Code.

On his appeal prosecuted from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial, numerous alleged errors are argued in support of a reversal, only one of which, however, we deem it necessary to consider.

In the course of the trial the court, over defendant’s objection, admitted in evidence the testimony of Officer Cooley as to what transpired on the occasion of a visit made by defendant to his home, as follows: “We went into the house . . . and his wife and daughter were there, and his daughter says, ‘Well, you don’t need to tell us what you are here for,’ or words to that effect. ‘We already know about it.’ Then Mr. Hartwell said he had to have bail or bonds, and asked his wife if she would go on his bonds. She said she didn’t know whether she would or not. And they talked back and forth there about the bonds, and she said: ‘You have been warned about this thing before now; you have been warned time and time again, and I do not believe in this thing of ruining little girls. I don’t know whether I want to go on your bonds or not, as all I have…