Broadstreet v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted under Section 13, Chapter 207, Laws 1946, Code 1942 Supplement, Section 7185-13, which makes punishable as a misdemeanor “any . . . person who wilfully commits any act . . . which . . . contributes to or tends to contribute to the neglect or delinquency of any child as defined in this act . . .”. A child is defined by the act to be a person who is less than 18 years of age. The indictment charges that the appellant “did wilfully and unlawfully contribute to the delinquency of one C. L. Hutcherson, a male child below the age of 18 years, by employing and…