People v. Gill
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Placer County. The defendant was indicted for stealing four horses, the property of Catherine Campbell, who lived about one mile from Auburn, Placer County. The horses were stolen during the night of the 7th of January, 1869, and the next day the defendant was seen riding one of the horses, accompanied by another man, at Bear River, some twenty miles from where the horses were stolen. The two men had the four stolen horses with them.
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Appeal from the County Court of Placer County. The defendant was indicted for stealing four horses, the property of Catherine Campbell, who lived about one mile from Auburn, Placer County. The horses were stolen during the night of the 7th of January, 1869, and the next day the defendant was seen riding one of the horses, accompanied by another man, at Bear River, some twenty miles from where the horses were stolen. The two men had the four stolen horses with them. On the trial the Court charged the jury as follows: “If the jury believe that the property was stolen and was seen in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The defendant was tried in March, 1872, upon an indictment for grand larceny, alleged to have been committed in Placer County, in January, 1869. The only defense interposed was that of an alibi. The defendant was adjudged guilty, and we are asked to reverse the judgment, on the ground that the evidence did not justify the verdict. The evidence was clearly conflicting, and under the settled rules of this Court we cannot interfere.
It is also claimed that the Court misdirected the jury, to the prejudice of the defendant. The instruction complained of is in the exact words made use…
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