Knott v. Rawlings

Garrett, J.-

The petitioner was -charged by indictment with having committed lascivious acts with one “who was 16 years of age, in violation of section 725.2 of the 1958 Code of Iowa.” The material part of said section is as follows: “725.2 Lascivious acts with children. Any person over eighteen years of age ■who shall willfully commit any lewd, immoral, or lascivious act in the presence, or upon or with the body or any part or member thereof, of a- child of the age of sixteen years, or under, with the intent of arousing, appealing to-, or gratifying the lusts or passions or sexual desires of…