People v. Quinn
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Sessions of San Joaquin. Indictment Tor perjury in giving in to the Assessor and swearing to a false list of taxable property, under the Revenue Act of 1857. Defendant appeared before the County Assessor at his office on the sixth of June, 1859, and, at his request, made a verbal statement of his property for assessment.
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Appeal from the Court of Sessions of San Joaquin. Indictment Tor perjury in giving in to the Assessor and swearing to a false list of taxable property, under the Revenue Act of 1857. Defendant appeared before the County Assessor at his office on the sixth of June, 1859, and, at his request, made a verbal statement of his property for assessment. The Assessor took down the statement in pencil in a memorandum book, called by him “ a book of original assessments,” as follows : “ John Quinn at Peyton’s. “P. Prop. 1 "Yoke of Cattle, valued at............$100 00 “ 1 Horse, valued…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Field, C. J. and Cope, J. concurring.
The defendant was convicted of perjury in giving in a false list of his property.
1. The first exception is, that the Act of 1857, under which the oath was taken, was repealed before the finding of the indictment, or at least, before the trial, and therefore the defendant was pot *125amenable to its provisions. But though this point would be good at the common law, it is not well taken here, because the statute (Wood’s Dig. art. 1868) provides that notwithstanding the repeal of a penal act, offenses commtted while it was in force are still punishable.
2. It is…
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