State v. Oswald

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Lloyd G. Oswald was convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature. § 563.230. (Statutory references are to RSMo 1949 and V.A.M.S. unless otherwise indicated.) He has appealed from a judgment imposing twenty years’ imprisonment in accord with the verdict.

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of the State’s testimony to sustain a conviction if § 563.230 applies. Briefly outlined, the evidence established that three hoys were playing hall in a street on February 7, 1956, when appellant drove up and asked them to go for a ride. The pathic did not know…