Legal Opinion

People v. Connor

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1861PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Court of Sessions of the city and county of San Francisco. Indictment for larceny, the title being as follows : “ State of California : In the Court of Sessions of the city and county of San Francisco. August term, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. “ The People of the State of California vs. . James Mulhare and John Connor.

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Appeal from the Court of Sessions of the city and county of San Francisco. Indictment for larceny, the title being as follows : “ State of California : In the Court of Sessions of the city and county of San Francisco. August term, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. “ The People of the State of California vs. . James Mulhare and John Connor. “ James Mulhare and John Connnor are accused by the Grand Jury of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, by this indictment, found this eleventh day of August, A. D. 1859, of the crime of grand larceny committed as…

1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.

C. J. and Cope, J. concurring.

Defendant, appellant here, ivas convicted of the crime of larceny, in the Court of Sessions of San Francisco county, and now appeals from the judgment. Several errors are assigned:

1. That the Court is not properly entitled, it being styled the Court of Sessions of the city and county of San Francisco. This point was decided adversely to the appellant in the case of the People v. Beatty.

2. That the indictment is defective in this : In one count charging the goods stolen to be the property of certain persons, and in the other counts stating the owners to be…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. GonzalesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
  2. Cooper v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. People v. RichmondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866

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