People v. Shepardson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, Shasta County. The defendant, William Fugit, and Z. Calmeye, were jointly indicted for the crime of robbery. Fugit pleaded guilty, was sentenced, and was afterwards pardoned and was used by the prosecution as a witness on the trial of this case. The defendant was convicted and appealed.
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Appeal from the County Court, Shasta County. The defendant, William Fugit, and Z. Calmeye, were jointly indicted for the crime of robbery. Fugit pleaded guilty, was sentenced, and was afterwards pardoned and was used by the prosecution as a witness on the trial of this case. The defendant was convicted and appealed. This is the second appeal, and the facts are stated in the former case, reported in the 48 Cal. 189, where the appeal is erroneously stated to have been taken from Tehama County.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
At the trial, one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution was William Fugit, who admitted that he participated in the robbery of which the defendant has been convicted, and who testified especially that the defendant advised, encouraged, aided and abetted the perpetration of the crime. No other witness testified directly to the guilt of the defendant, and it is contended by his counsel that the accomplice was not corroborated by other evidence, “ which in itself and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the…
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