Bomar

People v. Bomar

Good Law
1925 Cal. App. LEXIS 258·73 Cal. App. 372·238 P. 758
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 24, 1925Docket No. 1179.California1,815 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Curtis, J.

A complaint was filed in the justice court of Los Angeles township containing four counts, each charging the defendant with the commission of the crime of grand larceny. A preliminary examination of said defendant was held upon said complaint and the committing magistrate, on July 9, 1924, issued a commitment, holding the defendant for trial in the superior court upon two charges of grand larceny set out in the first and second counts, respectively, of said complaint. On August 8th the district attorney filed an information against the defendant, which information contained four counts. The first two thereof charged the defendant with two separate crimes of grand larceny, and being the same two charges set forth in said commitment; and in each of the third and fourth counts of said information the defendant was charged with the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses. The defendant moved the court to set aside the information on the ground that the defendant had not been legally committed. This motion was made on August 14th and continued to August 18th. On the calling of the motion on the 18th, the court, upon motion of the district attorney, ordered that the clerk file…

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