Kendall v. State

Spencer Kendall, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Washington County of the offense of an indecent assault upon a female child, and was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary. Miss. Code 1942, Ree., Sec. 2052. The statute provides: “Any male person above the age of eighteen years, who, for the purpose of gratifying his lust, or indulging his depraved licentious sexual desires, shall handle, touch or rub with hands or any part of his body or any member thereof, any child under the age of fourteen years, with or without her consent, shall be guilty of a high crime

The…