State v. Metje

HOLMAN, Special Judge.

This case originated in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County upon the filing of an information charging that the defendant (appellant) did '“engage in open, gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, grossly scandalous, by then and there having his private parts exposed in a public place in the presence of a female, to-wit: •-.”

A jury being waived the cause was tried before the court and resulted in a finding that defendant was guilty. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the county jail for a period of 10 days. From the ensuing judgment and sentence the…