State v. Johnson

A jury having found defendant guilty of feloniously taking indecent liberties upon the person of a thirteen-year-old female not his wife, defendant appeals; from the judgment, sentence and commitment to the state penitentiary.

Defendant’s assignments of error present three issues: first, he was twice-placed in jeopardy for the same crime; second, the state placed his character in issue, although he-did not take the stand to testify in his own defense; third, the court erred when it refused to admit in evidence defendant’s written denial of improper relations with the-prosecuting witness. The…