State v. Crabtree

Defendant contends that the court erred, (1) in denying his motion for a discharge, and (2) in refusing to grant him a new trial.

Defendant, Jack Crabtree, age thirty-one, was employed as a barker for a carnival show, which show, in part, consisted of women “stripping” or posing in the nude. While the carnival was showing at Austin, Minnesota, where the prosecutrix, Elaine Bringe, lived, and while she was attending said carnival at Austin, defendant approached her and inquired whether she would like to work in the show. She replied that she would, but not in her home town where she was known.…