Allen v. State

The appellant, J. A. Allen, a man past fifty years of age, was indicted under section 826; Code of 1930, for violation of the person of a female child under thirteen years of age, being between eight and nine years of age, which section reads as follows: “Any male person above the age of eighteen years, who, for the purpose of gratifying his lust, or indulging his depraved licentious sexual desires shall handle, touch or rub with hands or any part of his body or any member thereof, any female child under the age of thirteen years, with or without her consent, shall he guilty of a high crime…