People v. Milne

Citations

• 60 Cal. 71
• 1882 Cal. LEXIS 398

Syllabus

<p>Child-stealing—Ineobmation—Duplicity.—The information charged the defendant and another with the crime of attempting to take and entice away two children under the age of twelve years, with intent to detain and conceal them from a person having their lawful custody) and it was objected, that the information charged two offenses, and that there was no such crime as an attempt to take and entice away a child. Held: The objections were not well taken.</p> <p>Id.—Id.—Id.—A person may by a single act endeavor to accomplish two or more criminal results. In such a case there can be no doubt that if the indictment sets forth the act and the intent to commit the two or more offenses according to the fact, it will not be open to the objection of duplicity. There is but one attempt, though the object aimed at is multifarious.</p>