People v. Aro

Citations

• 6 Cal. 207

Syllabus

<p>An indictment must contain a statement of the acts constituting the offence.</p> <p>An indictment for murder, charging that the accused, on or about a certain day, did willfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill, murder, and put to death a certain person with a pistol and knife, without specifying further the facts and the manner, is bad.</p> <p>Murder is a conclusion of law, drawn from certain facts.</p> <p>In an indictment for murder, the time of the death must be stated, so that it can be legally considered the consequence of the felony charged.</p>