California Supreme Court, 1881

People v. Ah Sing

People v. Ah Sing
California Supreme Court · Decided July 15, 1881
59 Cal. 400
People v. Ah Sing

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Opinion of the Court

The Court:

The defendant was proceeded against by information, and convicted of the crime of burglary; and on the trial the Court below instructed the jury that the possession of stolen property, supported by other circumstances and other evidence tending to show guilt, is a strong circumstance in the case. This was error. Whether the possession was strong evidence, or only slight evidence tending to show guilt, was a matter for the jury to pass upon, and not a question for the Court to determine. -

Judgment and order reversed.

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