People v. Hamilton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Solano County. The girl upon whom the offense was alleged to have been committed testified that the offense was committed. The counsel for the defense, on cross-examination, asked her how long defendant remained on her body? whether he threw her down right off when they went into the barn ? and. other questions of a like nature.
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Appeal from the County Court of Solano County. The girl upon whom the offense was alleged to have been committed testified that the offense was committed. The counsel for the defense, on cross-examination, asked her how long defendant remained on her body? whether he threw her down right off when they went into the barn ? and. other questions of a like nature. One of the jurors interrupted the counsel by saying, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself for cross-examining a little girl in that way; you had better spend your time questioning some older person.” The counsel replied, “I have a duty…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
The indictment charges the defendant with the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed on the person of a child' under ten years of age. At the trial he was convicted of an assault with the intent to commit rape, and was sentenced to confinement in the State Prison for fourteen years. He appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. It appeared in evidence, that the child on whom the assault is alleged to have been made, is a step-daughter of the defendant, and was residing on a farm, in the same house with the defendant and…
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