Legal Opinion

People v. Scott

California Supreme Court

Decided November 7, 1887No. 20342PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, from a motion in arrest of judgment, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtSearls, C. J.

The defendant was accused by information, in the county of San Bernardino, of the crime of burglary, alleged to have been committed in said county. He interposed a plea of not guilty. Upon the trial there was evidence tending to prove the defendant guilty of a burglary committed at Indio, in the county of San Diego, and that the property (a coat and pistol), feloniously taken from a house burglariously entered, was taken by defendant to the county of San Bernardino, where he was arrested, informed against, tried, and convicted.

At the trial, objections were made by defendant to testimony under…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haskins v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  2. People v. MellonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
  3. People v. MurphyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. MegladderyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
  2. People v. SingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
  3. State v. PugsleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  4. State v. De WolfeMontana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. People v. TyreeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1913

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