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People v. Knowlton

Supreme Court of California
Nov 19, 1898
122 Cal. 357 (Cal. 1898)

Summary

In Pyle v. Piercy, 122 Cal. 383, 55 P. 141, it appeared that when the action was called for trial the defendant made a motion to dismiss the action for the reason that plaintiff failed to appear.

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Opinion

         Department One

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Siskiyou County and from an order denying a new trial. J. A. Beard, Judge.

         COUNSEL:

         James F. Lodge, for Appellant.

         W. F. Fitzgerald, Attorney General, and W. H. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.


         JUDGES: Garoutte, J. Harrison, J., and Van Fleet, J., concurred.

         OPINION

          GAROUTTE, Judge

         Defendant has been convicted of a felony and now appeals. He was prosecuted under section 332 of the Penal Code upon an information. The information is in the general form held sufficient in People v. Frigerio , 107 Cal. 152, and is clearly sufficient. The evidence also is ample to support the verdict. It is insisted that error was committed by the court in admitting certain declarations of the defendant before the jury which were claimed to have been made under menace and undue influence. It is sufficient to say that the declarations made in no sense amounted to a confession of guilt, and therefore any question of menace and undue influence does not arise.

         For the foregoing reasons the judgment and order are affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Knowlton

Supreme Court of California
Nov 19, 1898
122 Cal. 357 (Cal. 1898)

In Pyle v. Piercy, 122 Cal. 383, 55 P. 141, it appeared that when the action was called for trial the defendant made a motion to dismiss the action for the reason that plaintiff failed to appear.

Summary of this case from Campanella v. Campanella
Case details for

People v. Knowlton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. H. W. KNOWLTON, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Nov 19, 1898

Citations

122 Cal. 357 (Cal. 1898)
55 P. 141

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