People v. MacIas

In an information filed in Merced County, defendant Leo Macias was charged with a violation of section 245 of the Penal Code, it being alleged that said defendant, on October 30, 1945, committed an assault upon the person of J. B. Jackman, while armed with a deadly weapon, “to wit: a wooden club.” A demurrer to the information, interposed by defendant, was overruled, and after trial by a jury he was convicted. A motion for a new trial, based on all of the statutory grounds, was denied, and defendant has appealed from both the judgment and the order denying a new trial.

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