People v. Ah Kim

By the Court, Sawyer, J.:

The only point made in this case is, that the record is wanting in certainty, _ and that the judgment should be reversed on that ground. The defendant was indicted under the name of Ah Keet. Upon his arraignment he stated his true name to be Ah Kim, and in pursuance of the statute this name was, by order of the Court, substituted for Ah Keet, and, the proceedings subsequently had under that name. The jury, however, in rendering the verdict, prefixed the original title of the cause—•“ People v. Ah Keet ”—and said: “ We, the jury, find defendant guilty as charged in the…