People v. Ebanks
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County and from orders refusing to arrest the judgment and denying a new trial. W. L. Pierce, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
The defendant,. Joseph Japhet Ebanks, was charged by in formation with the murder of Harriet Stiles, at the county of San Diego, state of California, on the tenth day of September, 1895, and, upon a trial had under said information, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death.
Defendant appeals from the judgment, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
Defendant moved to set aside the information upon *655the grounds: 1. That, before the filing thereof, the defendant had not been legally committed by a magistrate; 2. That it was not subscribed by the…
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