Watt v. State

On an indictment charging a violation of the Carnal Abuse Statute (§ 41-3406, 1947), appellant was found guilty and his punishment fixed by the jury at a term of four years in the State Penitentiary. This appeal followed.

Appellant, a thirty-eight year old white man, and the father of a five year old child, was employed as a gasoline truck driver. On December 21, 1952, Dolly Lou Brown, a little seven year old colored girl, and her three year old cousin, William Anthony, were walking down U. S. Highway 165 near Parkdale, Arkansas. Watt was in his truck on the side of the road. While Dolly Lou…