People v. Moore

Defendant, by information, was charged with having violated section 647a, subdivision (1), of the Penal Code. The charge was that on June 23, 1954, he did “annoy and molest” a small girl, and that he had previously been convicted of a similar charge under the same section in Los Angeles County.

Section 647a, subdivision (1), reads: “Every person who annoys or molests any child is a vagrant and is punishable upon first conviction by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment and is…