People v. Charles
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Imperial County, and from an order denying a new trial. Franklin Cole, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTaggart, J.
Defendant was informed against for the crime of robbery, which crime was shown to have been committed in El Centro, Imperial county, by the “holding up” of the keeper of a pool-hall in his place of business, about 11:30 o’clock P. M. of the night of March 11, 1908.
It is urged that the verdict of guilty and the judgment of the court resting thereon should be set aside and reversed because of the giving to the jury by the trial court of the following instruction: “Evidence is to be estimated not only by its own intrinsic weight, but also according to the evidence which it is in the power of one…
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