State Ex Rel. Stevenson v. Jameson

On Ju-ly 28, 1958, T-homa-s Stevenson, who will he referred to as -defendant, and a friend stopped at Lemmon, South Dakota, in an effort to obtain employment at a -carnival appearing there. Defendant, a 49-year-old mechanic by trade, had worked for General Motors for eleven years and for two railroads; he last worked in Ohio. Shortly after their arrival, it is claimed that -defendant committed acts amounting to indecent molestation of -children under the age of fifteen, which SDC Su-pp. 13.1727, as amended 'by Ch. 27, Session Laws of 1955, -defines as a felony. Defendant was arrested and…