Paxton v. People

Plaihtiee in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged with taking indecent liberties with a female child and on a verdict of guilty was sentenced to the state reformatory. To review that judgment he brings error and asks that the writ be made a supersedeas.

The information was filed under section 6696, C. L. 1921, which reads: “Any person over the age of fourteen years who shall assault any child under sixteen years of age and shall take indecent and improper liberties with the person of such child * * * shall be deemed a felonious assaulter * *

It appears that Will and…