14 Cal. 101 | Cal. | 1859
delivered the opinion of the Court—Baldwin, J. concurring.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Sonoma County. He demurred to the indictment on the ground that it did not sufficiently describe the property charged to have been stolen. The demurrer was overruled, and he thereupon plead not guilty, was tried, and convicted. The property is described as “three thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States.”
In the case of The State v. Longbottom, (11 Hump. 39,) the'Supreme Court of Tennessee decided that an indictment charging the defendant with stealing “ ten thousand dollars, good and lawful money of the State of Tennessee," was bad for want of description.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings.