State v. Walker

Appellant was charged by an information with the crime of having feloniously had carnal knowledge of an unmarried female of previous chaste character between the ages of 16 and 18 years, as defined by Sec. 4394 R.S. 1939. Upon trial he was convicted and his punishment fixed "at $100 fine and 6 months in the County jail."

According to the state's evidence prosecutrix became 16 years of age on September 3, 1945. She met appellant at the Egypt Grove Church, near Hocomo in Howell County, in October or November 1945, after his return from military service, and she kept company with him during "a…