People v. Goodwin
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order denying a new trial. W. E. Greene, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY,C.
—The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of seduction under promise of marriage and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
1. In a case of this kind, it is worse than useless for counsel to address long arguments to this court on mere questions of fact. The prosecutrix testified to every fact necessary to establish defendant’s guilt as charged. The jurors were the sole judges of her credibility. They believed her, and found, the defendant guilty. Therefore he must be treated as guilty, and suffer the penalty of his crime, unless it is shown that for…
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