State v. Smith

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence for the crime of indecent liberties. The information charged:

“He, the said Clarence Smith, in the County of King, State of Washington, on or about the 13th day of July, 1952, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously then and there did take indecent liberties with and on the person of one Sharon Smith, then and there a female child under the age of fifteen years, to-wit: of the age of eight years.”

Clarence Smith and his family, consisting of his wife and three children, were staying at a cabin at Shady Lake, in King county. On Sunday, July 13, 1952,…