People v. Tomlinson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state prison at San Quentin.
His counsel claim on this appeal that if any offense is shown by the evidence it is embezzlement and not larceny. The information is in the language of the statute defining larceny, charging that he did “ feloniously steal, take, and carry away $150 of the lawful money of the United States.”
The testimony of the prosecuting witnesses, Claxton and wife, shows that on December 21, 1892, they found *21an advertisement in a San Francisco newspaper which read as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. LaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- People v. NelsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
- Dignowitty v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1856
- People v. UrquidasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- People v. . LaurenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- People v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Callan v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Means v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
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