People v. Tonielli

Foote, C.

The defendant was convicted of an attempt to extort money by means of a threatening letter. From the judgment rendered in the premises, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial, he appeals.

One ground of alleged error is the insufficiency of the information as against a demurrer interposed thereto. The part of the pleading attacked material to this controversy reads:—

“In the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, the nineteenth day of September, A. D. 1888, A. P. Tonielli, alias Tonielli, is accused by the district attorney by this…