People v. Beatty
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Sessions, city and county of San Francisco. Defendant first moved to quash the indictment, and then demurred on grounds which appear in the opinion of the Court. Demurrer overruled. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant was convicted in the Court of Sessions of San Francisco County, of the offense of dealing the game of faro, contrary to the provisions of the Act of April 27th, 1857. (Statutes of 1857, p. 108.)
A very ingenious argument has been made by the counsel for Appellant to show that the judgment cannot stand, because of sundry defects and irregularities in the proceedings.
The first point is, that' the Court below erred in refusing the motion to quash'the indictment, upon the ground that it was found by a grand jury impanneled before the alleged offense was committed.
The statute (Wood’s…
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