People v. Opie
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Mariposa County, and from an order denying a new trial. John M. Corcoran, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
The defendant, Opie, was jointly charged with Edward Opie with the stealing of gold ore of the value of five hundred dollars. The information is in the usual form where grand larceny is charged, and it is now insisted that it is fatally defective. Under the case of People v. Williams, 35 Cal. 671, the contention would have weight,but the legislature, with the view of modifying the law as there declared, passed an act found in the statutes of 1871-72, page 282. By that statute the stealing of gold ore, whether severed from the earth or not by the party charged, is made a crime. And for that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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