People v. Beam
California Supreme Court
Appeal from adjudgment of the Superior Court of Del Norte County. The defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to commit murder. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrison, C. J.
The information charges the defendant with the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to murder, committed as follows : “ The said William H. Beam, on or about the 10th day of May, A. D. 1884, at the county of Del Norte, State of California, in and upon one Samuel Win-ton, then and there being, an assault did make with a deadly weapon, with intent then and there the said Samuel Winton unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought to kill and murder, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc.
The first point made in appellant’s brief is, “ that the court…
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