Peterson v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of assault with intent to rape. On the trial, witness 0 ’Connell for the defendant, testified on his direct examination that he was a Captain of Police; that he had known the prosecutrix for about a year; that he was familiar with her general reputation for chastity, and that such reputation was bad. On cross examination by the State he testified that he had not heard her reputation discussed by anybody, but had seen her in bad places and around on the streets at night, and had arrested her once at a house down on Baylen Street on a charge of loitering,…