Legal Opinion
People v. Cockrill
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 30, 1923No. Crim. No. 655PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The defendants, Cockrill, a lawyer by profession, and Akada, a native of Japan, were indicted by the grand jury of Sonoma County for the crime of conspiring to cause or effect the transfer of real property to an alien ineligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States, in violation of the provisions of an initiative act adopted by the people at the general election held on November 2, 1920 (Stats. 1921, p. Ixxxiii), and designated and known as the “Alien Land Law.”
The defendants demurred to the indictment on general and special grounds and also moved to set it aside for alleged…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. BushtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- People v. NewcomerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- Estate of Tetsubumi YanoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
- Marsh v. LottCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
- People v. BolingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Oyama v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- People v. FitzgeraldCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Cockrill v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Haruko Takeuchi v. SchmuckCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- Anderson v. BadgerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
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