People v. QuickPeople v. Quick
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- Before:
- Cueiam
The defendant in this case was a witness оn bis own behalf. The сharge was of larceny of a watch. The defendant did not deny taking the watch, and the questiоn at issue was the felonious intent. The dеfendant had picked up the owner of the watch frоm the ground in the public street where, as he testified, he was lying partly on his faсe. He raised him up and tried to have him stand on his feet. Hе was then asked by his сounsel “ Why did you do thаt ? ” This was objected to “ as permitting the defendant to make his own defenсe,” and ruled out. This wаs error. The purpose in permitting thе defendant to testify on his own behalf is precisely this: to рermit him to make his own defence. Furthеr explanations by him were cut off by thе like objections.
Other questions are raised not likely to come up on another trial, and we do not cоnsider them. One may be mentioned, however, namely, whethеr the prosecution is under obligatiоn to produce on the trial every person named as a witness on the information. We think not. ,.