People v. Hamil

PRESTON, J., pro tem.

The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the city and county of San Francisco for unlawfully failing, without lawful excuse, to furnish necessary food, clothing, etc., for an illegitimate minor child, and thereby violating the provisions of section 270 of the Penal Code, as amended in 1923 (Stats. 1923, p. 592). To this indictment defendant entered a plea of not guilty and went to trial before a jury, and the jury found him guilty. Defendant made a motion for a new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, both of which were denied, and the court pronounced…