The Penal Code of California, Enacted in 1872: As Amended Up to and Including 1905, with Statutory History and Citation Digest Up to and Including Volume 147, California Reports |
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... prosecution or otherwise , chapter VIII , §§ 1382-1389 . Proceedings against corporations , chapter IX , §§ 1390- 1397 . Entitling affidavits , chapter X , § 1401 . Errors and mistakes in pleadings and other proceed- ings , chapter XI ...
... prosecution or otherwise , chapter VIII , §§ 1382-1389 . Proceedings against corporations , chapter IX , §§ 1390- 1397 . Entitling affidavits , chapter X , § 1401 . Errors and mistakes in pleadings and other proceed- ings , chapter XI ...
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... prosecutions for libel , the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends , the party shall be ...
... prosecutions for libel , the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends , the party shall be ...
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... prosecution for perjury . 15. " Crime " and " public offense " defined . § 16. Crimes , how divided . 17. Felony and misdemeanor defined . 818. Punishment of felony , when not otherwise prescribed . 19. Punishment of misdemeanor , when ...
... prosecution for perjury . 15. " Crime " and " public offense " defined . § 16. Crimes , how divided . 17. Felony and misdemeanor defined . 818. Punishment of felony , when not otherwise prescribed . 19. Punishment of misdemeanor , when ...
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... prosecution for perjury . The various sections of this code which declare that evidence obtained upon the examina- tion of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding , do not forbid such 39 §§ 11-14 ...
... prosecution for perjury . The various sections of this code which declare that evidence obtained upon the examina- tion of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding , do not forbid such 39 §§ 11-14 ...
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... prosecution against witness in election cases . 642. Primary elections , provisions relating to . § 40. Person acting as election officer without appoint- ment . Any person who acts as an election officer at any election , without first ...
... prosecution against witness in election cases . 642. Primary elections , provisions relating to . § 40. Person acting as election officer without appoint- ment . Any person who acts as an election officer at any election , without first ...
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The Penal Code of California, Enacted in 1872: As Amended Up to and ... California,Walter Scott Brann No preview available - 2015 |
PENAL CODE OF CALIFORNIA ENACT James Henry Deering,California,Walter S. (Walter Scott) B. 1869 Brann No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 10 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 11 - SECTION 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in the Senate sitting as a Court of Impeachment, in a Supreme Court, Superior Courts, Justices of the Peace, and such inferior courts as the Legislature may establish in any incorporated city, or town, or city and county.
Page 31 - Words used in this Code in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person...
Page 406 - The granting of a new trial places the parties in the same position as if no trial had been had. All the testimony must be produced anew, and the former verdict cannot be used or referred to, either in evidence or in argument, or be pleaded in bar of any conviction which might have been had under the indictment.
Page 539 - In the case of drugs: (1) If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity laid down therein; (2) If, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, but which is found in some other Pharmacopoeia, or...
Page 102 - Any citizen of this State who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, either within this State or out of it, or who shall act as second, or knowingly aid or assist in any manner those thus offending, shall not be allowed to hold any office of profit, or to enjoy the right of suffrage under this Constitution.
Page 510 - If it appears that the property taken is not the same as that described in the warrant, or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds on which the warrant was issued, the magistrate must cause it to be restored to the person from whom it was taken.
Page 120 - Any person who shall wilfully and lewdly commit any lewd or lascivious act including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in part one of this code upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of fourteen years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of such person or of such child, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the State prison for a term of from one year to life.
Page 383 - A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of any accomplice, unless he is corroborated by other evidence which in itself, and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient, if it merely shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof.
Page 9 - Offenses heretofore required to be prosecuted by indictment shall be prosecuted by information, after examination and commitment by a Magistrate, or by indictment, with or without such examination and commitment, as may be prescribed by law.