 | John Richard Sutton - 1916 - 488 pages
...satisfaction through civil suits. Crimes are divided into two classes : misdemeanors and felonies. " A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...state prison. Every other crime is a misdemeanor." 2 From this definition it is seen that the class to which a crime belongs depends upon the punishment... | |
 | William Mack, William Benjamin Hale, Donald J. Kiser - 1918 - 1426 pages
...Sacramento Butchers' ?mtective Assoc., 12 Cal. A, 471, 107 P 71t. Í16 CJ— 5] [a] In California, "when a crime, punishable by imprisonment In the state...In a county Jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a Judgment Imposing a punishment other than... | |
 | Stuart Alfred Queen - 1920 - 182 pages
...offense is a misdemeanor. The Penal Code of California offers a definition that is almost identical.4 A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...prison is also punishable by fine or imprisonment in a 4 r: . . county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes... | |
 | California - 1921 - 1074 pages
...Cal. App. 344, 174 Pac. 86. See. also. post, t 17 and note. § 17. FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR DEFINED. A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than... | |
 | Panama Canal (Panama) - 1922 - 336 pages
...another.111 SEC. 13. Crimes are divided into: First, felonies; and second, misdemeanors, t SEC. 14. A felony is a crime which is punishable with death, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary. Every other crime is a misdemeanor. ' When a crime punishable by imprisonment in the... | |
 | Warren Foster Spalding - 1922 - 28 pages
...than capital." "NOTE. — The Montana statutory definition of a felony, (Revised Codes, Section 8109) "A crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the State Prison" seemed to the legislature so absurd that it qualified it by adding a proviso that, "When a crime is... | |
 | California - 1923 - 424 pages
...Fine; 4. Removal from office; or, 16. Crimes are divided into : 1. Felonies; and, 2. Misdemeanors. 17. A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than... | |
 | California, James Manford Kerr - 1923 - 680 pages
...note. As to punishment for a misdemeanor, see post S 19 and note. 8 17. FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR DEFINED. A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than... | |
 | Hascal Russel Brill - 1922 - 1090 pages
...501; Beattie v. People, 33 111. App. 651. 96 This is true in California under a code provision that when a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state...in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than... | |
 | 1924 - 1206 pages
...Ex parte Mills, 135 US 263, 10 Sup. Ct. 7G2, 34 L. Ed. 107. Section 17 of the Penal Code provides: "A felony is a crime which is punishable with death...in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than... | |
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A felony is a crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Every other crime is a misdemeanor. When a crime, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, is also punishable by fine or imprisonment in a county jail, in... 
