State v. Jones

In the circuit court of St. Clair County, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of decoying and enticing Loretta Bernice Webb, a female child under the age of twelve years, tó-wit, five years and four months, with the felonious intent to detain or conceal the child from her parent, Mrs. Nellie Webb. The jury assessed his punishment at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Judgment and sentence were pronounced upon appellant in accordance with the verdict.

The evidence bn behalf of the State was as follows: Nellie Webb was a widow and she lived in Osceola, Missouri. She had a child by…