The Penal Code of California, Enacted in 1872: As Amended Up to and Including 1903 |
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... signifies anything of value or advantage , present or prospective , or any promise or undertaking to give any , asked , given , or accepted , with a corrupt intent to influence , unlawfully , the person $ 7 36 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS .
... signifies anything of value or advantage , present or prospective , or any promise or undertaking to give any , asked , given , or accepted , with a corrupt intent to influence , unlawfully , the person $ 7 36 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS .
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... signifies anything of value or advantage , present or prospective , or any promise or undertaking to give any , asked , given , or accepted , with a corrupt intent to influence , unlawfully , the person 87 36 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS .
... signifies anything of value or advantage , present or prospective , or any promise or undertaking to give any , asked , given , or accepted , with a corrupt intent to influence , unlawfully , the person 87 36 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS .
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... give or offer his vote at any election , knowing that the person is not qualified to vote , is guilty of a misdemeanor . En . February 14 , 1872 . § 48. Changing ballots or altering returns by election officers . Every officer or clerk ...
... give or offer his vote at any election , knowing that the person is not qualified to vote , is guilty of a misdemeanor . En . February 14 , 1872 . § 48. Changing ballots or altering returns by election officers . Every officer or clerk ...
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... give or loan , or promise to advance or give or loan , any money or property to any candidate for the legislature , before or after his nomination , or before or after his election , under an express or implied promise that such ...
... give or loan , or promise to advance or give or loan , any money or property to any candidate for the legislature , before or after his nomination , or before or after his election , under an express or implied promise that such ...
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... gives , or offers , or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the legislature shall give any such vote , either upon the same or another question , is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison ...
... gives , or offers , or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the legislature shall give any such vote , either upon the same or another question , is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison ...
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Page 31 - Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person...
Page 409 - The granting of a new trial places the parties in the same position as if no trial had been had. All the testimony must be produced anew, and the former verdict cannot be used or referred to, either in evidence or in argument, or be pleaded in bar of any conviction which might have been had under the indictment.
Page 16 - The court shall also have power to issue writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition and habeas corpus, and also all writs necessary or proper to the complete exercise of its appellate jurisdiction. Each of the Justices shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to any part of the State, upon petition by or on behalf of any person held in actual custody, and may make such writs returnable before himself or the Supreme Court, or before any Superior Court in the State, or before any Judge thereof.
Page 14 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 516 - If it appears that the property taken is not the same as that described in the warrant, or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds on which the warrant was issued, the magistrate must cause it to be restored to the person from whom it was taken.
Page 386 - A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of any accomplice, unless he is corroborated by other evidence which in itself, and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient, if it merely shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof.
Page 14 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the evidence of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open Court.
Page 262 - To be allowed counsel as in civil actions, or to appear and defend in person and with counsel. 3. To produce witnesses on his behalf, and to be confronted with the witnesses against him, in the presence of the court, except that where the charge has been preliminarily examined before a...
Page 207 - To make any dividend, except from the surplus profits arising from the business of the corporation, and in the cases and manner allowed by law; or, 2. To divide, withdraw, or in any manner, except as provided by law, pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation; or, 3.
Page 13 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.