People v. Ah Woo
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, El Dorado County. * The following is a copy of the indictment in this case: “ The above named defendant, Ah Woo, alias Ma Yien Fang, is accused by the Grand Jury of said County of El Dorado by this indictment, of the crime of forgery, committed as follows : The said defendant, Ah Woo, alias Ma Yien Fang, on the — day of February, A. D. 1864, and before the finding of this indictment, at the County of El Dorado and State of California, did…
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Appeal from the County Court, El Dorado County. * The following is a copy of the indictment in this case: “ The above named defendant, Ah Woo, alias Ma Yien Fang, is accused by the Grand Jury of said County of El Dorado by this indictment, of the crime of forgery, committed as follows : The said defendant, Ah Woo, alias Ma Yien Fang, on the — day of February, A. D. 1864, and before the finding of this indictment, at the County of El Dorado and State of California, did feloniously, wilfully, and unlawfully, falsely utter and pass to one Ah You, a certain false, forged, and counterfeit order,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanderson, C. J.
I. The objection to the indictment upon the ground that it does not contain a copy in the Chinese language of the forged and counterfeit order therein mentioned is not well taken, even though it should be conceded that it would have been fatal at common law. As we have had frequent occasion to remark, the forms of pleading in criminal actions in this State are prescribed in the “Act to regulate proceedings in criminal, cases,” and the sufficiency thereof is to be determined by the rules or tests therein provided. Such is the express will of the Legislature, and we…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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