People v. Staples
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial; and a motion to reverse the judgment and discharge the prisoner from custody. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
— The defendant was convicted in the superior court of Los Angeles County of the crime of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial.
His first assignment of error is upon the order of the superior court overruling his motion to set aside the information. One ground of the motion was, that- the magistrate before whom his examination was had issued his warrant of arrest without having taken any depositions of witnesses in support of the charge laid in the complaint, thus violating—as he claims—the provisions of sections 811, 812, and 813 of the Penal…
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