State v. Fairbanks

The defendant was charged with taking

“. . . indecent liberties with and on the person of . . . a female under the age of fifteen years, to wit: of the age of eight years; .and on the person of ... a female child under the age of fifteen years, to wit: of the age of nine years.”

Upon a verdict of guilty as charged, judgment was entered committing defendant to

“. . . the penitentiary . . . for a maximum term of not more than twenty years, and a minimum term to be fixed by the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles.”

Defendant appeals.

Appellant makes fourteen assignments of error, which raise the…