Spect

Spect v. Arnold

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52 Cal. 455
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1877No. 5233California352 words

Opinion

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In the sixth finding the Court finds that when the defendant arrested and impounded the sheep he found them running at large in the streets and alleys of the Town of Colusa. On the motion for a new trial this finding was attacked, on the ground that it was not justified by the evidence.

At the trial, the defendant, when testifying as a witness on his own behalf, stated that when he arrested the sheep some of • them were in a street and alley, and the remainder on Block 103. There was no evidence in the cause tending to show that all the sheep arrested by the defendant were in the streets and alleys; and, under the ordinances put in evidence at the trial, the defendant, as Town Marshal, had no authority to arrest those not found in the streets and alleys, unless they were found running at large within the corporate limits. When testifying as a witness, the defendant, on his examination-in-chief, stated in general terms that when he took the sheep he found them “ in charge of no one, but running at large.” But on cross-examination he stated that when he arrested the sheep he saw a little boy there, *457 but did not know what he was doing. There was no other evidence tending to show…

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