State v. Flath

Upon the refusal of the district court to issue' a writ of habeas corpus the defendant applied to this court.

The state’s attorney filed with a justice of the peace six'criminal complaints charging the defendant with violation of the provisions of ■chapter 167 of the Session Laws of 1923 being section 9562a of the Supplement. This statute reads: • •

“Every person who shall take any indecent liberty with or- on the person of any child, which act under law does not amount.to rape, or attempt to commit rape, or assault, with intent to commit rape, or sodomy, or other crime against nature, shall be…