# People v. Wheeler

> California Supreme Court · June 21, 1882 · 60 Cal. 581

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5440785

## Case

- **Full name:** THE PEOPLE v. GEORGE A. WHEELER
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 21, 1882
- **Citations:** 60 Cal. 581; 1882 Cal. LEXIS 511
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McKee
- **Judges:** McKee, McKinstry
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

McKee, J., concurring:
Books of science or art are prima facie evidence of facts of general notoriety and interest. But the Court below erred in *594 permitting the District Attorney, against the objection of the defendant’s counsel, to read to the jury extracts, “ commenting upon and treating of the subject of insanity,” from a book which was not proved to be a recognized or scientific work, or standard authority—was not offered in evidence in the case, nor'made part of the testimony of any of the witnesses examined; and on that ground, I concur in the judgment of reversal.

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