People v. McLane

Decided July 1, 1861

California Supreme Court · decided 1861-07-01

Defendant was indicted in the Court of Sessions of El Dorado for arson, charged to consist in the burning of a barn in that county. The barn was in what is known as Lake Valley. On the trial, a diagram of the locality of the barn was introduced; and one Taylor, a witness for the prosecution, stated that he had resided in Lake Valley since 1859.

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Decided 1861-07-01

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Cope, J.

¶1delivered the following opinion:

¶2The defendant was convicted of the crime of arson, charged to have been committed within the county of El Dorado. On the trial of the case, evidence of general reputation was admitted to show that the locus delicti was in that county. The admission of this evidence is assigned as error, and if the defendant could have been prejudiced by it, we should be disposed to regard the objection as fatal. But the fact was established by other evidence, and the defendant cannot avail himself of the error as a ground of reversal.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

¶4Field, C. J. and Baldwin, J. J.—We concur in the judgment.