People v. Trim
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of arson. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied.
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Appeal from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of arson. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied. The statement on said motion consisted of a Reporter’s notes, as written out by him and filed, of what purported to be the entire proceedings taken at the trial, including, among other things, a report of the testimony and numerous exceptions taken by the defendant at the trial to the admission and exclusion of evidence; also, a stipulation, signed by the District Attorney and the attorney for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sprague, J.:
A bill of exceptions, prepared, authenticated, and filed in accordance with sections four hundred and thirty-three to four hundred and thirty-eight of the Criminal Practice Act becomes and constitutes a portion of the “record of the action” in criminal cases, (Crim. Prac. Act, Sec. 462,) and such bill of exceptions, properly settled and signed by the Judge before whom the case was tried, must contain such evidence as is deemed necessary to illustrate the points of exception, and no other evidence than such as is contained in a properly authenticated bill of…
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