Allen Allison v. United States

Appellant was charged in a two count indictment with (1) assault with intent to commit carnal knowledge 1 and (2) taking indecent liberties with a minor child. 2 After a trial, the jury returned verdicts of guilty on the former count and not guilty on the latter. Appellant here contends that his motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted as to count 1, on the grounds that the Government failed to prove the elements of the offense and that the complaining witness’s testimony was not sufficiently corroborated.

Mary Brown, the prosecutrix, was eleven years old at the time of the…