# People v. Ketchum

> California Supreme Court · October 29, 1887 · 73 Cal. 635

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5443206

## Case

- **Full name:** THE PEOPLE v. BILLY KETCHUM
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 29, 1887
- **Citations:** 73 Cal. 635; 15 P. 353; 1887 Cal. LEXIS 733
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Searlstemple
- **Judges:** Belcher, Foote, Hayne, Searls, Temple
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5443206

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the principle but not indicating whether the murder involved was committed in Indian country

## Opinion text

Searls, C. J., and Temple, J.,
concurring.—We con-
cur in the foregoing opinion, upon the ground that the witness Jennie Bill Ketchem was not shown to be the lawful wife of the prisoner, and was therefore a competent witness.

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