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124 Cal. 42

People v. Davis

California Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1889

California Supreme Court · decided 1889-03-16

<p>APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of 'Los Angeles County. B. N. Smith, Judge.</p> <p>The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, and in People v. Compton, 122 Cal. 403.</p>

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Decided 1889-03-16

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GRAY, C.

¶1The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of forgery. Compton, a codefendant of Davis in the information in this case, was tried and convicted in the superior court in Los Angeles county, and from such conviction he appealed, and this court reversed the judgment, holding four of the instructions of the court to the jury to he erroneous. (See People v. Compton, 123 Cal. 403.) The same instructions were repeated on the trial of the defendant Davis.

¶2On the authority of that case (People v. Compton, supra),and for the reasons therein stated, I advise that the judgment herein he reversed.

¶3Haynes, C., and Chipman, C., concurred.

¶4For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment is reversed. Henshaw, J., Temple, J., McFarland, J.

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