State v. Hook

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of a violation of Section 557.090, R.S.Mo. 1959, V.A. M.S., and sentenced to thirty days in jail. She has duly appealed to this court. Violation of this statute is expressly declared to be a misdemeanor and we have jurisdiction of this appeal. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.

Early in the morning of January 30, 1966, one Gerald V. Hook was discovered in Andrew County with his stepdaughter, Frances Bond, age 15 years. Hook was taken into custody and charged with molesting a minor in violation of Section 563.160 (unless…