State v. Olsen

James iL. Olsen was charged with sodomy in that he “did . . . carnally know with the mouth and tongue . . . a female child under the age of fifteen years.” After a trial to the court (as provided for by Laws of 1951, chapter 52, § 1, p. 147; RCW 10.01.060), he was found guilty. From a judgment and sentence entered in accordance with that finding, he appeals.

The prosecuting witness was six years old at the time of the alleged offense, and seven at the time she testified. The assignments of error challenging her competency and the rulings of the trial court in refusing to permit the showing of…