People v. Carabin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Sessions, Shasta County. It seems from the sentence of the Court, and the instructions, that the larceny was by killing and converting to defendant's own use a steer. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted in the Court of Sessions of Shasta County of the crime of grand larceny. It is assigned for error, that the indictment was irregularly found, because found a( a special term of- the Court of Sessions. It is argued that the Court had no power to order the summons of a grand jury for the Special Term. But the statute authorizes-the Court of Sessions to hold Special Terms in certain cases, and no limitation seems to be placed upon their powers, when specially called, as exercised by the Court at a regular term.
The other error assigned is more formidable…
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