State v. Lawson

The appellant, a jewelry merchant, was convicted in the circuit court of Jefferson County of buying two watches and two finger rings from a minor, a fifteen year old boy, without the written consent of his parent, in violation of Sec. 4671. The offense is a misdemeanor and ordinarily the appeal should go to a Court of Appeals, Sec. 12, Art. VI, Const. Mo. But appellant attacked the constitutionality of the statute in the trial court and does so here, thereby placing appellate jurisdiction in this Court. State v. Hershman, 346 Mo. 892, 143 S. W. (2d) 1025. Only two assignments of error are…