People v. Belcher

Kenneth Belcher has been convicted of violating section 483-b of the Penal Law, which provides that “ Any person who carnally abuses the body of a child of the age of ten years and over and less than sixteen years of age, or who indulges in any indecent or immoral practice with the sexual parts or organs of any such child, in a manner other than by an act of sexual intercourse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ”.

On his appeal we must determine whether the acts charged, and proved upon the trial, constitute an offense under the statute.

The complainant, eleven years of age and a classmate of…