Legal Opinion

People v. Henderson

California Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1865PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, Placer County. The defendant was indicted for killing one James Drew. This was the second trial of the defendant on the indictment. The defendant appealed from the j udgment and order denying a new trial. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Sawyer, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder, tried and found guilty in the second degree.

Defendant moved to set aside the indictment on the ground that Charles Glould, one of the grand jurors, at the time he *469was summoned, was not a citizen, although he was a citizen at the time the Grand Jury was impanelled, he having, in the meantime, been naturalized; and that Gould Osborne, another grand juror, was not a taxpayer. The defendant, being in custody, was present in Court with his counsel at the time the Grand Jury was impanelled, examined such jurors as he saw fit as to their…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. RomeroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  2. People ex rel. Allen v. HillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  3. People v. HobsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  4. People v. WymanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  5. People v. ColmereCalifornia Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. People v. GonzalezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Freeman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
  3. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. People v. StullerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
  5. Berger v. BergerOhio Court of Appeals · 1981

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