Kinser
People v. Kinser
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Craig, J.
The appellant, together with two co-defend- , ants, was charged by information filed in the Superior Court of Orange County with having contributed to the delinquency of a minor, and appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court finding him guilty as charged. The grounds assigned for reversal are asserted insufficiency of the information and of the evidence.
Briefly stated, it was alleged that J. B. Talley, Lucy Martinez and Kinser did wilfully and unlawfully contribute to the delinquency of a female minor child, to wit, Irene Parra, aged sixteen years, said minor child then and there coming within the provisions of the Juvenile Court Law [Stats. 1915, p. 1225]; that they placed said minor in danger of leading an idle, dissolute, lewd and immoral life, by giving her intoxicating liquor and causing her to become drunk, and by taking her to the apartment of the defendant Talley and there leaving her alone in a room with him.
The defendants Talley and Martinez pleaded guilty and the latter testified on behalf of the People. It is appellant’s contention, principally, that under numerous authorities cited in his behalf the evidence is not alone insufficient to support the judgment,…