People v. Righetti

Citations

• 66 Cal. 184
• 4 P. 1185
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 724

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Sufficiency of Information—Grand Larceny.—An information charging the crime of grand larceny need not allege that the value of the property stolen was in current coin of the United States.</p> <p>Id.—Where the information charges a theft of several articles, of the aggregate value of fifty-seven dollars, and that the offense was committed in a certain county on a certain day, it sufficiently appears that the articles were taken at the same time and place to constitute grand larceny.</p> <p>Id.—Instruction—Witness—False Swearing.—It is not error to instruct the jury that “ if any witness has, in their judgment, sworn falsely in any material respect, he is to be distrusted in all others, and his testimony is not to be accepted and acted on without great caution.”</p> <p>Id.—Degrees op Larceny—Verdict.—A verdict finding the defendant guilty of “larceny in the second degree ” is equivalent to a verdict for petit larceny.</p> <p>Id.—Petit Larceny—Punishment.—Petit larceny is punishable by fine, or imprisonment, or both, and if both fine and imprisonment are imposed, the judgment may also direct that the defendant be imprisoned until the fine be paid, specifying that the imprisonment must not exceed one day for every dollar of fine. Section 1205 of the Penal Code applies to cases of fine, whether or not coupled with a sentence of imprisonment.</p>