People v. Demousset
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los-Angeles County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
The defendant was convicted of the-crime of abduction for the purposes of prostitution, and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state prison under section 267 of the Penal Code, which reads as follows: "Every person who takes away any female under the age of eighteen years, from her father, mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge of her person, without their consent, for the purpose of prostitution, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five years, and a fine not exceeding one-thousand dollars.”
The court instructed the jury as…
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