People v. Southern
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County setting aside an order settling a bill of exceptions. M. T. Allen, Judge. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The trial court set aside an order settling a bill of exceptions, made a correction in the bill, and thereupon again settled the same. This appeal is prosecuted from the order setting aside the order settling the bill. The defendant was convicted of a, felony, and thereafter prepared and had settled a bill of exceptions. This bill contained an instruction upon the law of reasonable doubt in which the verb “can say” is found. It was claimed by the prosecution that the language of the instructiou as given to the jury was “cannot say.” Upon proceedings had the order settling the bill…
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