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79 Cal. 554

People v. Smith

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1889

California Supreme Court · decided 1889-07-01

The defendants were accused of burglary committed' at Vallejo, Solano County, on April 22, 1888, in entering the store of Joseph Swalbe, with intent to commit larceny. They had undergone two preliminary examinations, and after the first examination, were discharged by the superior court of Solano County, on a writ of habeas corpus, for insufficiency of the evidence adduced at that examination.

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Decided 1889-07-01

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The Court.

¶1—Information for burglary, and conviction of defendants.

¶2The defendants moved to set aside the information, on the ground that they had once been discharged from arrest for the same offense, based on the same evidence *556as was had at the first preliminary examination by the superior court of Solano County.

¶3We find no proof in the record that the evidence was the same on both of the examinations. The basis of the motion is lacking. The court did not err in denying the motion.

¶4The information was sufficient and in accordance with law, and the court did not err in directing judgment to be entered on the verdict.

¶5The evidence is sufficient to support the verdict. On an examination of it, and taking it altogether, we find it of such a character that we cannot reverse on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence.

¶6There is no error in the transcript.

¶7Judgment and orders affirmed.

Paterson, J., dissenting.

¶8—I do not concur. The evidence, in my opinion, is insufficient to support the verdict and judgment.

¶9Thornton, J. —I dissent on the same grounds as Justice Paterson.

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