People v. Williams

Decided July 15, 1881

California Supreme Court · decided 1881-07-15

Ferral, J. The information in this case was as follows: “(Title of Cause.) In the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, the twelfth day of April, A. d. eighteen hundred and eighty-one, John E. Williams is accused by the District Attorney by this information of the crime of felony, committed as follows: The said John E. Williams on the seventeenth day of March, A. d. eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at the said City and County of San…

Applies CA PEN § 950

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1881-07-15

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Thornton, J.:

¶1We have examined the information in this case, and consider it good. The acts constituting the offense are stated in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. (Penal Code, § 950.) Every person of ordinary intelligence understands what the crime against nature with a human being is.

¶2We find no error in the instruction to which our attention is called, and the judgment and order are affirmed.

¶3Sharpstein, J., and Morrison, C. J., concurred.