STATE v. BUNTON

No. 45174.

291 S.W.2d 122 (1956)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Thomas Anderson BUNTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Fuller, Rolla, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty Gen., J. Richard Roberts, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

Upon evidence sufficient to sustain the jury's finding of guilt, Thomas A. Bunton, a completely illiterate man now nearly sixty years of age, has been found guilty of molesting Bonnie Sue, a child five years old, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Section 563.160 RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S.

Upon this appeal the defendant contends, for several reasons, that he was deprived of a fair and impartial trial. The circumstances out of which...

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