STATE v. PIERCE

No. 42163.

236 S.W.2d 314 (1951)

STATE v. PIERCE.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

February 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Hyder, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


ASCHEMEYER, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a conviction of statutory rape, Sec. 4393, R.S. 1939, Mo.R.S.A. § 4393. The jury assessed appellant's punishment at fifteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The appellant has filed no brief but it is our duty to examine the record proper for error and to examine also the bill of exceptions for those errors assigned in appellant's motion for a new trial. Sec. 4150, R.S. 1939, Mo.R.S.A. § 4150;...

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