Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 1924No. 24309PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

The appellant, Le Roy Johnson, was indicted and convicted of violating the age of consent law by having carnal knowledge of Mary Alice Martin, an unmarried female person of previously chaste character above the age of twelve years and under the age of eighteen years, said Johnson being a male person older than the said Mary Alice Martin, etc.

The testimony for the state showed that the mother of the girl, Mary Alice Martin, on the day of the alleged offense, left her daughter at the home of Le Roy Johnson, who was living with his parents, and that the mother of Le Roy Johnson and the mother of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Haley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925

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