People v. Ross
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
The commencement of the trial of the defendant, and the discharge of the jury, on account of the sickness of one of the jurors, without the consent of the defendant, did not constitute jeopardy or an acquittal of the defendant of the crime for which he was on trial; and evidence of that proceeding was not admissible to support a plea of once in jeopardy or former acquittal, in a subsequent trial upon the same or another information filed against him for the same offense.
Nearly a century ago, Kent, J., speaking for the supreme court of New York, in People v. Olcott, 2 Johns. Cas. 300, 1 Am.…
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