People v. Ah Ki
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Sessions of Nevada County. The indictment is as follows: “ Ah Ki (Chinaman) is accused by the grand jray of Nevada county, by this indictment, of the crime of grand larceny, committed as follows: The said Ah Ki, on, to wit, the twelfth day of September, A. D. 1861, at the township of State range, in the county of Tuba, in the State of California, and within five hundred yards of the line of the county of Nevada, feloniously did steal, take and carry…
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Appeal from the Court of Sessions of Nevada County. The indictment is as follows: “ Ah Ki (Chinaman) is accused by the grand jray of Nevada county, by this indictment, of the crime of grand larceny, committed as follows: The said Ah Ki, on, to wit, the twelfth day of September, A. D. 1861, at the township of State range, in the county of Tuba, in the State of California, and within five hundred yards of the line of the county of Nevada, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, one silver watch of the value of thirty dollars, twenty-five pieces of money of the denomination twenty dollars,…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
The demurrer to the indictment was properly overruled. The offense is alleged to have been committed within five hundred yards of the line of the county of Nevada, which shows the ease to be within the provisions of section eighty-eight of the Criminal Practice Act, and the description of the stolen property is precise and accurate.
There was no error in refusing the third instruction requested by the defendant. That instruction would have precluded the jury from considering the effect of the defendant having conducted the witnesses to the place where the stolen property was concealed.…
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