People v. Lloyd

Citations

• 9 Cal. 54

Syllabus

<p>It is unnecessary, in an indictment for murder, to state the degree of the offence.</p> <p>Under our statute, the essential averments of an indictment should be the same as at common law; every averment that is substantially necessary for the information of the defendant, so that he may know the particular circumstances of the charge alleged against him, and how to defend himself, is still necessary.</p> <p>It must be alleged that the wound was mortal, and that the party died of the wound.</p>