Legal Opinion

People v. Farrell

California Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1866PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the County Court, City and County of San Francisco. The defendant was convicted, and appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Shafter, J.:

The defendant was tried and convicted on an indictment for having counterfeit coin in his possession with intent to pass the same, and with intent to defraud T. B. Fargo and others'. The appeal is from the judgment.

First—It is insisted that the evidence introduced had no tendency to prove the indictment.

The evidence tended to prove that the defendant had a •large amount of counterfeit coin in his possession for the purposes of sale; and that Fargo, acting in concert with the police, approached the defendant and represented to him that he was one of the “…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Finley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
  2. People v. BolangerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Bates v. United StatesUnited States Circuit Court · 1881
  4. People v. ChadwickUtah Supreme Court · 1891
  5. State v. SmithNevada Supreme Court · 1910

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