People v. Fine
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The information charged the defendant with “the crime of murder, committed as follows: The said Henry Fine, on the thirteenth day of May, A. D. 1887, at and in the county of Stanislaus, and state of California, and prior to the filing of this information, unlawfully, willfully, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault with a deadly weapon, in…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The information charged the defendant with “the crime of murder, committed as follows: The said Henry Fine, on the thirteenth day of May, A. D. 1887, at and in the county of Stanislaus, and state of California, and prior to the filing of this information, unlawfully, willfully, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault with a deadly weapon, in and upon one Charles M. Wilson, a human being, with intent then and there, him, the said Charles M. Wilson, to kill and…
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
The defendant was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon. From the judgment rendered against him, and an order denying a new trial, he has appealed.
The information charged an assault with a deadly *149weapon with intent to commit murder, and was sufficient under sections 950, 951, 959, and 960 of the Penal Code. (People v. Monteith, 73 Cal. 7.)
The testimony of the sheriff relative to his search for the defendant, as tending to show his flight after committing the assault, was properly admitted, because if such flight was proved it was a circumstance which the jury might consider in…
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