People v. Carrillo

Citations

• 70 Cal. 643
• 11 P. 840
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 867

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Grand Larceny—Erroneous Instruction. —In a prosecution for grand larceny, an instruction, quoted in the opinion, to the effect that the jury might find the defendant guilty, although they might not be entirely satisfied that he, and no other person, committed the alleged offense, held, erroneous.</p> <p>Id. —Failure to Reduce Instructions to Writing. —In a criminal prosecution, the giving of oral instructions to the jury, which are nbt reduced to writing either by the judge or any other person, nor taken down by the short-hand reporter, is error.</p>