Martinez v. People

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, brings this case here by writ of error, seeking to reverse a judgment of the district court of the City and County of Denver by which he was declared to be guilty of criminal offenses as charged in the information. He asks for final determination on his application for supersedeas, and, the people joining in the request, we have elected to comply therewith.

The statute under which defendant was convicted is section 65, chapter 48, ’35 C.S.A., which provides: “Any person over the age of fourteen years who shall assault any child under sixteen years of age…