State v. DePauw

Magnet, Commissioner.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of taking indecent liberties with and on the person of a nine-year-old girl. He appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

There was testimony that defendant had taken indecent liberties with and on the person of three other children between the ages of seven and nine. It is not necessary to detail the evidence any further as the only question involved in the case is whether the defendant was denied his right to a fair and impartial trial because of certain remarks made by the prosecuting attorney in his closing argument…