People v. Elgar
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, and from an order denying a new trial. Z. B. West, Judge. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJames, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, the prosecutrix being a child of the alleged age of thirteen years. The appeal is taken from the judgment of imprison ment and also from the order denying a motion for a new trial.
Defendant was the stepfather of the girl. By the testimony of the latter it appeared that defendant had, in May, 1917, forcibly seized the prosecutrix and accomplished the act complained of, the time being about 7:30 o ’clock in the evening, and the place a barn on the premises occupied by defendant, to which barn the prosecutrix had gone to give food to a cow kept…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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