Miller v. State

NIX, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, J. B. Miller, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged in the District Court of Stephens County with the crime of Lewd Molestation of a Minor Child. He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to Five Years in the Penitentiary. From that judgment and sentence he now appeals to this Court, alleging several assignments of error.

The evidence presented on behalf of the state was that the prosecutrix, a girl 9 years of age, and her brother were selling candy on the 25th of April, 1964; and that she went to the Miller house. Mrs. Miller was away…