People v. Ah Fong
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Thirteenth District, County of Mariposa. This was an indictment and conviction for the crime of murder. The grounds of the appeal sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder. His counsel insist that *347there is error in the record of conviction, in this: That the Court charged the jury orally, without consent of the prisoner or his counsel. The charge is given in the statement of the Judge below, as he states, as nearly as can be remembered, and the Judge adds that he stated to the counsel that the charge would be given in writing, if required, and there was no expression of dissent, nor was there any exception taken by either party. The statute, for wise purposes, requires the charge of the Judge, in criminal cases, to be in…
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