People v. Bernon
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. William H. Langdon, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the defendant upon a charge of rape alleged to have been committed by the defendant upon his daughter, Leona Bernon, a girl of the age of fourteen years, and from an order denying a new trial.
Mr. Mering (for the Appellant) : Your Honors, our contention is that the defendant was convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice; the girl herself was an accomplice under People v. Robbins, 171 Cal. 466, [154 Pac. 317], which was a case of the unmentionable crime on a boy sixteen years of age, and the supreme court said he was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. RobbinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- People v. BradburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- People v. DerwaeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- People v. Ho Kim YouCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914
- People v. Ong GitCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1913
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