People v. Breen
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sau Joaquin County and from an order denying a new trial. Edward I. Jones, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIPMAN, C.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of arson, under an indictment presented by the grand jury of San Joaquin county, and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment at San Quentin. He appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for new trial. There are no errors calling for any statement of the evidence as to defendant’s guilt or innocence.
1. Defendant’s principal reliance for reversal is that the court erred in denying his motion to set aside the indictment on the ground that the defendant had once before been in- dieted by a former grand jury for the offense now…
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