State v. Waid

HANSON, Justice.

The defendant was charged with the crime of assaulting and taking indecent liberties with the person of a girl 12 years of age. He was found guilty of simple assault and sentenced to serve three months in the county jail. Defendant appeals.

The evidence of the prosecution may be summarized as-follows: Defendant came to the home of the victim of the alleged assault in the evening of July 20, 1935. She and her sister, aged 8, and two other girls were there. He asked, if they had seen any boys take anything out of a car which. stood about two houses down the street. The car,…