People v. George

Appellant was charged by indictment with the commission of a felony, to wit, violation of section 288 of the Penal Code. He was tried in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison, and has appealed from the judgment and the order of the court denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant was accused of lewd and lascivious acts with a six’ year old girl named Etta Peterson. The offense was alleged to have been committed during the afternoon of April 9, 1924, in an outhouse situated on Hale Street, a half block from the…