People v. Dukes

The defendant, a deputy sheriff of Riverside County, was charged by information with a violation of section 149 of the Penal Code, committed as follows: “The said defendant, on or about the 27th day of October, 1927, at the .said county of Riverside, state of California, and before the filing of this information, did wilfully and unlawfully and under color of authority as deputy sheriff of Riverside county and without any lawful necessity, assault and beat Walden E. Trimble, said defendant being then and there a duly appointed, qualified and acting deputy sheriff of Riverside county,…