State v. Flath

CheistiaNsoN, Oh. J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of taking indecent liberty with the person of a child in violation of the provisions of chapter 167, Laws 1923 (§ 9562a, Supplement to the Compiled Laws of 1913) and appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. The statute for the violation of which defendant was convicted reads as follows:

“’Every person who shall take any indecent liberty with or on the person of any child, which act under law does not amount to rape, or attempt to commit rape, or assault, with intent to commit…