Swanson v. State

Defendant was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a female child under the age of 16 years, in that he did carnally know and have sexual intercourse with her. The case was tried to the judge of the juvenile court without a jury, though a jury was demanded. The defendant was adjudged guilty,and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 90 days in the county jail and ordered to pay the costs of prosecution.

This action ivas based upon section' 1263, Rev. St. 1913, providing that any person, causing or contributing to the “delinquency” of a child, “shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,…