People v. Hewitt

The accused was convicted in the superior court in and for the county of Sacramento of the crime of robbery. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The point first urged for a reversal is that the information upon which the defendant was tried and convicted is “fatally defective” in that it does not describe with sufficient particularity or definiteness the character of the property alleged to have been taken by the defendant or state its value. The information is as follows:

“The said J. Hewitt on or about the 2nd day of May A. D. 1925, in…