State v. Novak

There was evidence tending to show that Miss Mathie Olson, the prosecuting' witness, while alone in her home after dark on the evening of December 16, 1909, had her attention attracted by someone outside calling “Gunder,” that being, the name of her nephew,, who resided about a half mile away; that the person outside, after knocking, forced open the door into the room where the prosecutrix was seated 'beside the stove reading by the light of a lamp, such person being identified as the defendant in this case; that the defendant attempted to shake hands with prosecutrix and offered her a bottle…