People v. Mackinley
California Supreme Court
People v. Mackinley, 9 Cal. 250 (Cal. 1858)
Burnett, Field, Terry
People v. Mackinley
Opinion of the Court
The defendant was indicted for the alleged conversion to his own use, whilst bailee, of a quit-claim-deed made and executed by Thomas J. Alsbury to defendant. The defendant demurred; the demurrer was overruled, and the defendant appealed.
The demurrer should have been sustained. The deed having been “made and executed ” as alleged in the indictment, by AIs-
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.
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- Syllabus
- A party cannot be convicted of larceny for taking his own property.