Case Name: Lawrence T. Guyot, Jr. v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1965-05-24
Citations: 252 Miss. 509
Docket Number: No. 43502
Parties: Lawrence T. Guyot, Jr. v. State
Judges: Gillespie, Jones, Brady and Smith, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 509–511

Head Matter:
Lawrence T. Guyot, Jr. v. State
No. 43502
May 24, 1965
175 So. 2d 184
Garsie Hall, Jackson; Diane Gaylord, John McKee Pratt, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Ethridge, P. J.
Lawrence T. Guyot, Jr. was convicted in the County Court of Forrest County of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a thirteen year old girl named Barbara Ann Thomas. Miss. Code Ann. § 7185-13, 7185-02 (g) (1952). He was fined $500 and sentenced to six months in jail, with five months suspended. The circuit court affirmed.
The statute applies to any person who "wilfully" commits any act which contributes to, or tends to contribute to the delinquency of a child, or who "knowingly" aids any child in being a delinquent as therein defined. A careful study of this record reflects that there is no evidence upon which to sustain the conviction of appellant. Accordingly, the judgment is reversed, and the appellant is discharged.
Reversed and appellant discharged.
Gillespie, Jones, Brady and Smith, JJ., concur.