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· 7/1/1877

Ex parte Cahill

Citations

  • 52 Cal. 463

Syllabus

<p>Bar to a Second Arrest fob a Felony.—If a defendant has been held to answer by a Justice of the Peace for a felony, and the Grand Jury then recommend that it be referred to the next Grand Jury, and the County Court then order that the defendant be discharged from custody, the order is not. a bar to another prosecution of the defendant for the same offense.</p> <p>Idem.—In such case the defendant may be again examined before a Justice of the Peace and held for the same offense.</p>

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