State v. Quinnild

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Defendant appeals from an order of the district court denying him a new trial after his conviction under an information charging him with carnal knowledge and sodomy in connection with a male child under the age of 16 years.

The testimony, which was uncontradicted, showed the following: The complaining witness, a boy aged 13 years at the time involved, was working as a laborer at Moorhead with his father’s construction crew. He lived in a bunkhouse with the other members of the crew adjacent to a housing development project on which the crew was engaged. The boy’s…