Spiers
People v. Spiers
Opinion
Opinion
Plummer, J.
The appellant was convicted upon an information filed on or about June 23, 1936, the charging part of which is as follows:
The defendant’s motion for a new trial being denied, the defendant prosecutes this appeal from both the order denying her motion for new trial, and from the judgment based upon the verdict of conviction.
Mary Spiers, the minor mentioned in the information just set forth, is the child of the defendant, and was living with the defendant at or near Kelseyville, in the county of Lake, prior to the beginning of any proceedings seeking to have Mary Spiers adjudged a ward of the juvenile court.
The record shows that on or about the 18th day of June, 1935, D. F. Mclntire, the then probation officer of the county of Lake, state of California, filed a petition with the clerk of the juvenile court, seeking an order of said court declaring Mary Spiers a ward thereof; that thereupon, and on the same day, a hearing was had on said petition, and Mary Spiers, through a purported order of the juvenile court, was adjudged a ward thereof, and placed on probation in the care, custody and control of D. F. Melntire; that thereafter, and on or about the 18th day of April, 1936,…