Legal Opinion

People v. Prather

California Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1901No. Crim. No. 773PublishedCited by 10 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.

William H. Prather has been convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment rendered against him. The attention of the court will be directed first to a consideration of the sufficiency of the information.

Section 786 of the Penal Code provides: “ When property taken in one county by burglary, robbery, larceny, or embezzlement, has been brought into another, the jurisdiction of the offense is in either county.” The present prosecution is based upon the provisions of the aforesaid section of the code, the subject-matter of the larceny being forty-eight sacks of buckwheat,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. StaplesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Haskins v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  3. People v. MellonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
  4. People v. ScottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  5. People v. JochinskyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  2. People v. SingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
  3. People v. RichardsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  4. State v. BallardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  5. People v. TyreeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1913

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