The People v. Mayer

Defendant, Paul R. Mayer, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Madison county of the crime of assault with intent to rape. He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, and sues out this writ of error to reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

While he assigns many errors, the only ones argued by his counsel are that the proof shows but an assault and battery, and that there is a total failure of the evidence to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, the specific intent charged in the indictment.

The evidence of the prosecutrix discloses that she had attended a show in St.…