People v. Benoit

Citations

• 97 Cal. 249
• 31 P. 1128
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 521

Syllabus

<p>Criminax. Law—Incest—Evidence—Previous Prostitution oe Daughter— Reception oe Earnings by Father. —Upon the trial of a defendant charged with having committed incest with his daughter, it is error for the court to permit the introduction of evidence by the prosecution tending to show that, prior to the commission of the crime charged, the daughter was living as a prostitute with her mother, and was giving to her father the earnings of her shame.</p>