Section 1188 Of Chapter 7. Arrest Of Judgment From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
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. If, from the evidence on the trial, there is reason to
believe the defendant guilty, and a new indictment or information can
be framed upon which he may be convicted, the court may order him to
be recommitted to the officer of the proper county, or admitted to
bail anew, to answer the new indictment or information. If the
evidence shows him guilty of another offense, he must be committed or
held thereon, and in neither case shall the verdict be a bar to
another prosecution. But if no evidence appears sufficient to charge
him with any offense, he must, if in custody, be discharged; or if
admitted to bail, his bail is exonerated; or if money has been
deposited instead of bail, it must be refunded to the defendant or to
the person or persons found by the court to have deposited said
money on behalf of said defendant; and the arrest of judgment shall
operate as an acquittal of the charge upon which the indictment or
information was founded.