Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

California Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1904No. Crim. No. 979PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order denying a new trial. Henry A. Melvin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

,ANGELLOTTI, J.

The defendant was convicted in the superior court of the county of Alameda of the offense of taking away a female under the age of eighteen years from her father, without his consent, for the purpose of prostitution (see Pen. Code, sec. 267), and appeals from the judgment pronounced on such conviction and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The principal point made for reversal is as to the jurisdiction of the superior court of Alameda County. The information filed against defendant in said court alleged the commission of the offense in Alameda County, and it is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. DolanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  4. State v. BobbstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  5. State v. RoundSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. DubinaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  2. People v. AndersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
  3. People v. CraneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  4. People v. RossCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  5. People v. MatsicuraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912

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