Giles v. State

Appellant ivas tried for and has been convicted of a violation of § 2731, Crawford & Moses’ Digest, alleged to have been committed “by stamping with his feet the said grave of Melvin Brackman, and by urinating upon the grave of the said Melvin Brackman, with the unlawful, wilful, felonious and malicious intent then and there to deface and injure the grave of the said Melvin Brackman. ’ ’

The principal witness for the State, and the one whose testimony had the highest probative value as tending to support the conviction, was Muriel Lawrence. This witness, a boy 17 years of age, was a nephew of…