People v. Cook

Citations

• 61 Cal. 478
• 1882 Cal. LEXIS 646

Syllabus

<p>Abduction of Female Child—Instruction.—Upon the trial of an information for taking away a female under the age of eighteen years from her father, the Court instructed the jury to the effect that the father has by nature and by the law the legal charge of the persons of his children until they arrive at the age of majority, and that, if the defendant took the girl from such charge, for the purpose of prostitution, it was immaterial whether the defendant knew that she had a father living, and equally immaterial whether the act was done with or without her consent.</p> <p>Held: This was correct. When taken the girl was, in contemplation of law, in the charge of her father. (McKinstry and Sharpstein, JJ., dissented.)</p>