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1 First Quarterly Bulletin, 1927, The Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice, p. 3Google Scholar.
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15 Laws of 1926, Ch. 457.
16 Ibid., Ch. 705.
17 Laws of 1928, Ch. 354.
18 Laws of 1926, Ch. 461.
19 Laws of 1927, Ch. 266.
20 Laws of 1927, Ch. 596.
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24 Ibid., Ch. 419.
25 Laws of 1928, Ch. 374.
26 Ibid., Ch. 639.
27 Laws of 1926, Ch. 416.
28 Ibid., Ch. 464.
29 Ibid., Ch. 465.
30 Laws of 1927, Ch. 337.
31 Laws of 1928, Ch. 313.
32 Laws of 1928, Ch. 460.
33 Ibid., Ch. 841.
34 Ibid., Chs. 485, 490.
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39 Ibid., p. 1036, adding new section 1050 to Penal Code.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid., pp. 1047–1048, amending Penal Code, Sec. 1252.
42 Report of the Commission for the Reform of Criminal Procedure, p. 1919.
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45 Ibid., p. 1066, amending Penal Code, Sec. 644, and p. 1064, adding to the Penal Code new section 969a.
46 Ibid., p. 1065, amending Penal Code, Sec. 960; also pp. 1040–1043, amending Penal Code, Secs. 954, 956, 951, 952.
47 Ibid., pp. 1148–1149, amending Penal Code, Secs. 1016, 1017, and adding new section 1026. See also Fricke, Charles W. “Some of the Important Changes in California Criminal Law,” Journal of Delinquency, Vol. 11, September, 1927, p. 188Google Scholar.
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50 Ibid., p. 1063, amending Penal Code, Sec. 1089.
51 Ibid., p. 1038, amending Penal Code, Sec. 1123.
52 Ibid., p. 1062, amending Penal Code, Sec. 1070.
53 Ibid., p. 1493, amending Penal Code, Sec. 1203. Adverse criticism of this law may be found in Fricke, , “Crime Laws of California,” Journal of Delinquency, Vol. 12, March, 1928, p. 45Google Scholar.
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55 Ibid., pp. 1385–1388, amending Penal Code, Secs. 1305, 1306, 1288, 1278, 1287, and adding new section 1275.
56 Ibid., 1927, p. 2367.
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58 Statutes of California, 1929, Chs. 383, 299, 849.
59 Statutes of California, 1929, Ch. 788.
60 Ibid., 1929, Chs. 417, 875, 786.
61 Ibid., 1929, Chs. 737, 385, 684, 248, 512.
62 Ibid., 1929, Chs. 191, 544, 866.
63 See Kidd, A. M., “California Legislation in Regard to Crime for 1929,” California Law Review, Vol. XVII, July, 1929, p. 537Google Scholar.
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65 Letter from Sherman D. Callender, chairman, addressed to the writer on October 19, 1928.
66 Letter from Robert M. Toms, formerly prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, in which Detroit is located, and now on the bench in the same city, addressed to the writer on October 18, 1928; Report of the Commission, pp. 3–5.
67 The legislature failed to accept the commission's recommendation to comment upon the defendant's failure to take the stand and testify in his own defense. Report of the Commission, p. 13; letter to the writer from Sherman D. Callender, chairman of the commission, dated October 19, 1928.
68 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1927, Ch. 3; Sec. 3, Report of the Commission, pp. 8–9.
69 Report, p. 9; Code, Ch. 3, Sec. 6.
70 Report, pp. 10–11; Code, Ch. 5.
71 Report, p. 11; Code, Ch. 6, Sec. 7.
72 Report, p. 12; Code, Ch. 8, Sec. 1, 2, 5, 12.
73 Report, p. 13; Code, Ch. 8, Sec. 20, 21.
74 Report, pp. 13–14.
75 Code, Ch. 8, Sec. 29.
76 Report, p. 15; Code, Ch. 9, Secs. 10, 11, 12.
77 Report, pp. 15–16; Code, Ch. 10.
78 House Enrolled Act No. 21, 55th Legislature, 1929, amending The Code of Criminal Procedure, Ch. 7, Sec. 29. These acts were furnished by the secretary of state. At the time of writing, official copies of bound session laws were not available.
79 Ibid., amending The Code of Criminal Procedure, Ch. 8, Sec. 20.
80 Ibid., amending The Code of Criminal Procedure, Ch. 9, Sec. 12. The writer was unable to find legislation amending the Code of Criminal Procedure so as to remove from the operation of the habitual criminal law liquor felonies such as have attracted much newspaper publicity. Possibly this was accomplished by amending the substantive law, copies of which were not available at the time of writing.
81 Letter from Leona M. Esch, operating director of the Cleveland Association of Criminal Justice, dated October 23, 1928, 1 Ohio Bar, No. 37, December 11, 1928.
82 Amended Senate Bill No. 8. An Act to Revise and Codify the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ohio, etc., 1929, Ch. 14.
83 Ibid., Ch. 16.
84 Amended Senate Bill No. 8, Ch. 20.
85 Ibid., Ch. 21.
86 Ibid., Ch. 22.
87 Ibid., Ch. 23, Sec. 3. It would seem, however, that a similar provision has been a part of the Ohio law for some time.
88 Ibid., Ch. 38.
89 Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 2, p. 218, note 4Google Scholar.
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90a Pickens, William A., president of the Indiana Bar Association, reviews this legislation in Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 474–477Google Scholar.
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92 ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 3.
93 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 6.
94 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 1.
95 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 4. The writer is indebted to Dean Justin Miller, of the Law School of the University of Southern California, for an explanation of this use of the word affidavit.
96 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 6.
97 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 10.
98 Ibid., Ch. 132, Secs. 11–12.
99 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 13.
100 Laws of Indiana, 1927, Ch. 132, Sec. 15.
101 Ibid., Ch. 132, Sec. 16.
102 Ibid., Ch. 268. Passed again in 1929. See Laws of Indiana, 1929, Ch. 235.
103 Ibid., Ch. 216. This was continued for the biennium 1929–30. Laws of Indiana, 1929, Ch. 116.
104 Ibid., Ch. 102.
105 Laws of Indiana, 1929, Ch. 54, Sec. 1.
106 Ibid., Ch. 54, Sec. 2.
107 Ibid., Ch. 54, Sec. 3.
108 Ibid., Ch. 54, Secs. 5–6.
109 Laws of Indiana, 1927, Ch. 117.
110 ibid., Ch. 203.
111 Louisiana Session Laws, 1926, Act No. 262; Code of Criminal Procedure, 1928, p. 1Google Scholar.
112 Louisiana Session Laws, 1926, Act No. 276.
113 Title 8 in both draft and enacted codes.
114 Title 11 in both draft and enacted codes.
115 Title 18, Ch. 3, in both draft and enacted codes.
116 Title 19 in both draft and enacted codes.
117 Title 20, Ch. 4, in both draft and enacted codes.
118 Enacted Code, Art. 354; Draft Code, Art. 357.
119 Draft Code, Title 23; Enacted Code, Title 22.
120 Draft Code, p. 6.
121 Draft Code, Art. 466; Enacted Code, Art. 462.
122 Draft Code, p. 7; Enacted Code, Art. 557.
123 Draft Code, Title 32; Enacted Code, Title 31.
124 The Minnesota Crime Commission's report was published as a supplement to the Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 11.
125 See mimeographed report of the National Crime Commission Conference at Washington, November 2 and 3, 1927; Oscar Hallam's address on Minnesota Crime Commission, November 2, pp. 15–17.
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135 Act No. 10, Report, p.94; Senate File 272. These acts, furnished by the legislative reference bureau, could not be verified with session laws at time of writing.
136 Act No. 11, Report, pp. 95–100; Senate File 309.
137 Act No. 18, Report, p. 117; House File 683.
138 Act No. 14, Report, p. 101; Senate File 317.
139 Act No. 17, Report, p. 115; House File 566.
140 Session laws of 1928 were not available to the writer. This information was taken from a copy of First Annual Report of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission, 1928, marked by Andrews, Harold A.Google Scholar, secretary of the commission. See also Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 19, p. 269Google Scholar; Public Laws of Rhode Island, 1927–28, Chs. 940, 950, 977, 1192, 1193.
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