State v. Alford

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The appellant was prosecuted in the juvenile court under an affidavit charging him with indecent behavior with a juvenile. The charge — stated specifically — was that the defendant committed a lewd or lascivious act upon a boy under the age of seventeen years — in fact of the age of fifteen years — with the intention of arousing or gratifying his sexual desire or that of the offender. The offense is defined in Article 81 of the Criminal Code thus:

“Indecent Behavior with Juveniles is the commission by anyone over the age of seventeen of any lewd or lascivious act upon…