People v. Jordan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, sustaining a demurrer to the indictment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrison, C. J.
The principal grounds on which defendant based his motion to dismiss the appeal, have already been considered and overruled by the court. (65 Cal. 644.)
But there is another ground not heretofore considered, on which the defendant asks that the appeal in this case may be dismissed, and that is, because section 1240 of the Penal Code has not been complied with. That section provides that an appeal is taken by filing with the clerk of the court a notice of appeal, and serving a copy thereof on the attorney of the adverse party.
The contention here is, that the notice of appeal in the case now…
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