People v. Russell

The district attorney filed an information against the defendant, charging him with having violated the provisions of section 288 of the Penal Code. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty and a trial was had before the trial court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, but his motion was denied. A judgment based on. the verdict was entered and the defendant has appealed from the judgment and order.

The offense, it is claimed, was committed at a small house or shack at Seventy-seventh Avenue and East Fourteenth Street in…