Chrisman v. Superior Court

Petitioner has asked this court for a writ of prohibition restraining the superior court from proceeding with his trial upon an amended indictment charging him with grand larceny, embezzlement, and obtaining money by false pretenses. When the original indictment was filed the defendant interposed a demurrer. This indictment was in nine separate counts, the first three charging grand larceny, embezzlement, and obtaining money by false pretenses, and all relating to the same transaction alleged to have occurred on November 1, 1921. The fourth, fifth, and sixth counts charged a commission of the…