Curtis

The grand jury of the county of Sacramento presented, an accusation against the defendant for having, while holding the office of supervisor of that county, corruptly and in violation of his official duty voted for the payment of a claim against the county. Other accusations were at the same time presented against him for illegally voting for the appointment and payment of certain deputy assessors; and similar accusations against other supervisors were also presented by the grand jury. While these accusations were pending in the superior court of Sacramento county, the trial of one of them against the defendant for illegally voting for the appointment and payment of *70 a deputy assessor was had, and resulted in an acquittal. On the next day, October 3d, one of the accusations— People v. Morrison, No. 1403—was on the calendar of the court for trial, and the district attorney stated to the court that the testimony in the case would be the same, and the question the same, as in the case of People v. Curtis, which had just been tried; that there were a considerable number of such cases, and it would, under the facts and the law as ruled by the court on the trial of People v. Gurtis,…