State v. Winslow

1. The defendant was convicted of an attempt to commit incest on bis daughter, then between eleven and twelve years of age. At the time in question the defendant occupied a cot in a sleeping room, and his daughter, with several smaller ■children, occupied a bed in the same room. Defendant’s wife, who, about two weeks prior to the commission of the offense, was confined, occupied, with an attendant, an adjoining room. On the evening in question, the defendant had retired and when his daughter entered the room, also' to' retire, and commenced undressing, he called to her to lie down with him.…