Neyce

People v. Neyce

Good Law
1890 Cal. LEXIS 1039·86 Cal. 393·24 P. 1091
Supreme Court of CaliforniaNovember 18, 1890No. 20671California469 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

McFarland, J.

— The defendant was convicted of embezzlement, and appeals from the judgment, and an order denying a new trial.

1. The objections raised by the demurrer and motion in arrest of judgment to the sufficiency of the information are not well taken. The main point here made is, that appellant is not called in the information “ bailee,” “trustee,” or “agent,” or formally put into any of the classes named in the sections of the code which define embezzlement. But facts constituting the crime were fully stated, and that being so, it was not necessary to designate the appellant by any particular name (People v. Johnson, 71 Cal. 389 ), and the information in all other respects was unassailable.

2. The transcript is defective on the points sought to be made about alleged errors in ruling on the admissibility of evidence. The bill of exceptions merely shows that respondent asked certain questions of certain witnesses; that appellant made certain objections to said questions; that the court overruled the objections; and that appellant excepted. But it is not shown whether the answers to the questions were favorable or unfavorable to appellant, or that they were answered at all. It is true…

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