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People v. Gatliff

Court of Appeal of California, Third District
Jan 24, 1928
88 Cal.App. 589 (Cal. Ct. App. 1928)

Summary

In People v. Gatliff, 88 Cal.App. 589 [ 263 P. 823], a prosecution for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, the information charged the offense was committed "on or about the 22nd day of April, 1927."

Summary of this case from People v. Mack

Opinion

Docket No. 1011.

January 24, 1928.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County, and from an order denying a new trial. Harry W. Falk, Judge. Affirmed.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

J.T. Fraser and H.L. Ford for Appellants.

U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and J. Charles Jones, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent.


The appellants were convicted of the crime of unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor. This appeal is from the judgment of conviction and the order denying a new trial.

[1] Appellants contend that there is a fatal variance between the allegations of the information and the proof as to the time of the commission of the offense. It is alleged in the information, filed July 2, 1927, that the crime was committed "on or about the 22nd day of April, 1927." The proof shows that on May 13, 1927, the defendants were in charge of a still in full operation, and had about 28 barrels of corn mash near the still and a quantity of liquor having an alcoholic content of 36.86 per cent. Appellants' contention is wholly without merit. ( People v. Goodwin, 132 Cal. 368, 372 [ 64 P. 561]; People v. Singh, 62 Cal.App. 450, 452 [ 217 P. 121].)

[2] The only other point made by appellants is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction. The foregoing facts were proved at the trial without contradiction. It thus appears that the appellants' second contention is as devoid of merit as their first.

The judgment and the order are affirmed.

Hart, J., and Plummer, J., concurred.


Summaries of

People v. Gatliff

Court of Appeal of California, Third District
Jan 24, 1928
88 Cal.App. 589 (Cal. Ct. App. 1928)

In People v. Gatliff, 88 Cal.App. 589 [ 263 P. 823], a prosecution for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, the information charged the offense was committed "on or about the 22nd day of April, 1927."

Summary of this case from People v. Mack
Case details for

People v. Gatliff

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. S. GATLIFF et al., Appellants

Court:Court of Appeal of California, Third District

Date published: Jan 24, 1928

Citations

88 Cal.App. 589 (Cal. Ct. App. 1928)
263 P. 823

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