State v. Shambo

MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

Defendant was found guilty of the infamous crime against nature and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of thirty years. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The information charged that the offense was committed against a named boy, who was at the time eight years of age. It was alleged to have been committed by thrusting the penis of the defendant into the anus of the boy.

The principal contention made on the motion for a new trial was that the verdict and judgment are contrary to the evidence. The…