State v. Graves

Sam BobiNsoN, Associate Justice.

The appellees, Harold Graves and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Spearman, were charged in the municipal court of Hot Springs with the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They were each fined $50.00 and costs, and appealed to the circuit court. There, the cases were tried before the court without a jury, and from judgments of not guilty as to all of the defendants the State has taken an appeal to this Court.

The facts are undisputed. Sandra Spearman, a girl 13 years of age, and Harold Graves, a hoy 17 years of age, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. B.…