People v. Koller
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. B. N. Smith, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of incest, and from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial, he appeals.
As grounds for reversal he urges:—
1. That the court erred in overruling his demurrer to the information. His complaint on this ground is, that the information should have affirmatively charged, that at the time the alleged act of incestuous intercourse took place, the defendant knew that the prosecutrix was his daughter. This claim is untenable.
Our statute declares that “Persons being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by…
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