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56 Cal. 406

People v. St. Clair

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1880

California Supreme Court · decided 1880-07-01

Buckley, J. After the decision in Department, the respondent filed a petition that the appeal be reheard in Bank, and the application was denied.

Applies CA PEN § 1258

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Decided 1880-07-01

How this case has been cited

Cited by 4 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1986

3 state decisions

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By the Count :

¶1The indictment charges an entry into a stable with intent to commit “larcey.” Burglary is the entering of a house, etc., “ with intent to commit grand or petit larceny, or any felony.” (Pen. Code, § 459.) There is no such felony as “ larcey ” known to our "law. “Larcey ” is certainly not “larceny,” nor does the maxim, idem sonans, apply.

¶2It is said that the Court must give judgment without regard to the technical errors or defects, or to exceptions which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties. (Pen. Code, § 1258.) But this is more than a departure from an established form; nor is it a case in which facts are averred in the indictment, which sufficiently indicate the sense in which the word purporting to name the crime is employed; but is a failure to describe any ofíense.

¶3Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.

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