State v. Damon

Appellant was convicted under Sec. 4650, R.S. 1939 (13 Mo. St. Ann., Sec. 4650), of a crime against nature per os and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He appealed.

The offense is alleged to have been committed on Labor Day, September 1, 1941, about 1:00 P.M., in an automobile operating over the public streets of Kansas City, Missouri, on Arlene, a girl of eight years. After lunch (which was had between 12 N and 12:30 P.M.), Arlene and her sister Myrna, aged six, went out on 28th street, just east of Grove street, to play with some children. Appellant lived with his second wife in the…