State v. Hamilton

WILLIAMS, C.

Upon an information charging him with the crime, under section 4A79, Revised Statutes 1909, of defiling a female under the age of eighteen years, who had been confided to his care and protection, defendant was tried, in the circuit court of Clark county, Missouri, found guilty, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary. Defendant duly perfected an appeal.

The evidence on the part of the State tends to establish the following facts: Prior to August, 1910, the prosecutrix was an inmate of the Missouri Baptist Orphan’s Home, situated near St. Louis, Missouri. On'…