People v. Ball

The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Sonoma County. He demurred to the indictment on the ground that it did not sufficiently describe the property charged to have been stolen. The demurrer was overruled, and he thereupon plead not guilty, was tried, and convicted. The property is described as “three thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States.” *102This description is not sufficient. In an indictment for larceny, money should be described as so many pieces of the current gold or silver coin of the country, of a particular denomination, according to the facts. “ The species of…