Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. WILLIAM PARKS
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1872
Citations: 44 Cal. 105
Docket Number: No. 3,338
Parties: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. WILLIAM PARKS.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 105–105

Head Matter:
[No. 3,338.]
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. WILLIAM PARKS.
Pkoof of “ Locus Delicti.”—Where the evidence tended to show that the offense charged in the indictment was committed at a certain saloon,' hut there was nothing in the record tending to show that the saloon was situated in the county, there was a failure to prove the locus delicti.
Appeal from the County Court of Tolo County.
The defendant was convicted of grand larceny, and appealed.
The other facts are stated in the opinion.
S. G. Harper, for Appellant.
J. C. Ball, for Respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
The indictment alleges the offense to have been committed in the County of Yolo. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and it was, of course, incumbent upon the prosecution to prove the locus delicti. This was not done. The evidence conduces to establish that the robbery charged was committed, if at all, at the drinking saloon of Stroback, but there is nothing in the record which tends in the slightest degree to show that this saloon was situated in the County of Yolo.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.