People v. Choiser
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, County of Mariposa. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1ConcurrenceTerry, C. J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, and convicted of manslaughter. The error assigned by his counsel is, that the indictment is defective. The defect alleged is, that the indictment does not state how, or with what substance, the pistol, by means of which the killing is averred to be effected, was loaded. The indictment charges “the said Lafayette Choiser, on the 26th day of October, 1857, at Bear Valley, in the county of Mariposa, State of California, with premeditation, and with malice aforethought, in and upon one Joseph Bigler, did willfully, unlawfully, maliciously, and…
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