McKinley v. State

The plaintiff in error, here designated the defendant, was prosecuted for lewdly exposing his person in the presence of Mary Schmelzla by taking a bath in her presence. By verdict of a jury he was found guilty, with his punishment fixed at a fine of $25 and the costs of the prosecution. The statutory meaning of the word “lewdly” and the motives of the defendant, as de duced from the facts proved, are practically the only questions involved in this appeal.

In the testimony the defendant is referred to as “the old man”; it was shown that he lived alone in a comfortable cottage on the hillside in…