People v. Mills
California Supreme Court Jul 1, 1861Published
Before: Cope
Synopsis
Ah indictment for rape, charging that the defendant “ did unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge of a certain female child, named-, she, the said-then being under ten years of age, to wit: of the age of nine years and upwards,” is sufficient.
Cope, J. delivered the opinion of the Court Baldwin, J. concurring.
The .'indictment is sufficient. It charges that the defendant, unlawfully and feloniously had carnal knowledge of a female child under ten years of age. The facts constituting the offense are stated with sufficient precision.
There is nothing in the other points made. The presumptions are in favor of the regularity of the proceedings.
Judgment affirmed.
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