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People v. BrownPeople v. Brown

California Supreme Court
Jul 1, 1874
No. 10,059
Reporters:
By the Court:

The indictment we think good in substance, ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‍though not so well drawn as to become a valuable precedent in criminal pleading. But the ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‍evidence falls wholly short of establishing the crime charged upon the defendant. There was no resistance ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‍upon the part of the woman, or if there was any, it was of such equivocal ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‍character as to fairly suggest actual consent, or at most not a very decided opposition upon ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‍her part.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded for new trial.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Brown
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: Jul 1, 1874
Citations: 47 Cal. 447; No. 10,059
Docket Number: No. 10,059
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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