People v. Beatty

Citations

• 14 Cal. 566

Syllabus

<p>Defendants in criminal cases who have not been held to answer before the impanneling of the grand jury, may challenge the panel on arraignment. If they have been held to answer, they must challenge the panel before it is made up and sworn.</p> <p>The grand jury may inquire into all offenses committed within the county, not barred by the Statute of Limitations.</p> <p>When time is important, Courts will inquire into a day, or fractional portion of a day.</p> <p>The term of Court is sufficiently stated in an indictment, when the day on which the indictment was found is given.</p> <p>An indictment in the Court of Sessions in San Francisco, may be entitled either as of the county of San Francisco, or as of the city and county of San Francisco.</p> <p>An indictment for dealing faro designating the offense as a “ felony,” is sufficiently specific as to name. And without this word the indictment is good, where it states the facts which constitute the offense.</p> <p>The Act of April 27th, 1857, to prohibit gaming, is constitutional.</p>