Bowen v. People

O. O. Bowen was convicted of the crime of taking indecent liberties with the person of Loleta Anglin, a girl ten years of age.' He was sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months nor more than two years.

1. It is said by counsel for the defendant that the verdict is unsupported by the evidence. Mindful of the fact that a charge of this character is easy to make and hard to disprove, and also realizing that, because of the lasting disgrace attaching to a conviction of such a crime, great care should be exercised in order to prevent an unjust conviction, we…