People v. Moore

In an information filed in the Superior Court of Sacramento County defendant was charged with a violation of section 278 of the Penal Code, in that on or about the 1st day of September, 1943, he wilfully, maliciously, forcefully and feloniously took a boy of the .age of 12 years away from his mother with the intent to detain and conceal said child from his parent. He was convicted and now appeals on the sole. ground that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and the evidence and is insufficient to sustain the conviction.

The evidence shows that the child was living in Sacramento with…