Adams v. State

POWELL, Judge.

Claude Adams appeals from a conviction in the district court of Texas County where he was charged with the crime of lewd, indecent, and lascivious acts by an adult person towards a child under fourteen years of age. The jury found the defendant guilty, but left the punishment to be assessed by the court, who fixed the penalty at confinement in the State Penitentiary at McAlester for a period of ten years.

The State in making out its case used four witnesses. . The defendant did not testify, and offered only the jailer to show that he had been incarcerated in the county jail since…