California Cumulative Quarterly Digest; A Digest of All Current Decisions of the Supreme and Appellate Courts of California ... Together with a Current and Keynote Citer
California Cumulative Quarterly Digest; A Digest of All Current Decisions of the Supreme and Appellate Courts of California ... Together with a Current and Keynote Citer
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...v. Cramley, 23 Cal. App. 340, 138 Pac. 123. 13a.--Good Character. See note in 103 Am. St. Bep. 888. Where the defendant in a homicide case has introduced in evidence the testimony of several witnesses who have been acquainted with him for many years, showing his good reputation "for peace and quietude and truth and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...v. Cramley, 23 Cal. App. 340, 138 Pac. 123. 13a.--Good Character. See note in 103 Am. St. Bep. 888. Where the defendant in a homicide case has introduced in evidence the testimony of several witnesses who have been acquainted with him for many years, showing his good reputation "for peace and quietude and truth and veracity" in the communities where he has lived, and has requested the court to give the jury certain instructions pertinent to this evidence, the refusal of the court to give such instructions must, under the circumstances of this case, be regarded as prejudicial error resulting in a miscarriage of justice and calling for a reversal of the judgment of conviction. People v. Wilson, 23 Cal. App. 513, 138 Pac. 971. Proof of good character comes in aid of the general presumption of innocence, and is no more to be laid out of view by the jury in their deliberations than is the original presumption itself; it is itself a fact in the case. People v. Wilson, 23 Cal. App. 513, 138 Pac. 971. 14. Verdict. The delivery by the court to the jury in a homicide case of a form of verdict designating the place of imprisonment in case the defendant is found guilty, while improper, is not prejudicial as being suggestive.--People v. Stein, 23 Cal. App. 108, 137 Pac. 271. HOURS OF LABOB. Bestricting in laundries. See Municipal Corporations, 6a. HUSBAND AND WIFE. 9 1. Separate Property--Estoppel Against Wife. I la. Separate Property of Husband. lb.--Conflict of Laws. 2. Community Property--Evidence. 3. Property Conveyed to One Spouse by the Other. 4. Allegation and Finding as to Character of Property. 5. Tenancy in Common in Property. S 6. Desertion and Separate Maintenance. 7. Separation Agreeme...
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