People v. Weaver

Citations

• 47 Cal. 106

Syllabus

<p>Indictment—Allegation of Means.—The Penal Code has not changed the rules of pleading so as to require a more specific allegation of the means employed in the commission of a murder than was necessary under the former statute.</p> <p>Chaeging Two Offenses.—An objection to an indictment that it charges two offenses, must be presented by demurrer.</p> <p>Chaeging Two Offenses.—An indictment which charges A. with having feloniously assaulted B., and with having killed and murdered B., does not charge two offenses.</p> <p>Continuance—Bill of Exceptions.—Exceptions to an order overruling a motion for a continuance, must be presented to the Supreme Court by embodying the affidavit in a bill of exceptions, or in some mode clearly identifying it as having been read on the hearing of the motion.</p> <p>¡Affidavit fob Continuance.—An affidavit for a continuance in a criminal case, on account of the absence of a material witness who has heen subpenaed, must show that the witness cannot be readily reached by an attachment. '</p>