Legal Opinion

Crawford v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1927No. 26399PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolden, P. J.

C. A. Crawford appeals from a conviction on a charge of indecent assault upon the person of Miss Jennie Moore, and a sentence to pay a fine of fifty dollars and serve a term of thirty days in the county jail.

The testimony offered for the state shows that the alleged indecent assault occurred at a circus where the appellant and the prosecutrix were seated next to each other, under the tent, while the performance was going on; that they had been neighbors for a number of years, and accidentally met and sat together that day at the circus ; that there were some children with the prosecutrix; and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hussey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Martin v. City of LaurelMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Blankenship v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Neal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006
  2. Hill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930

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