State v. Wilson

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Defendant Robert J. Wilson was convicted of the crime of molesting a minor as defined by Section 563.160 RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S. The jury assessed defendant’s punishment at five years in the state penitentiary and defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

There was evidence that defendant took an indecent liberty with the prosecuting witness, a minor, the impropriety being also an act constituting the detestable and abominable crime against nature proscribed by Section 563.230 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. Although the subject matters of the two statutes differ as do the…