State v. Priestley

At the May term, 1879, of the Benton circuit court, the defendant was indicted for an assault upon Virginia McPherson, with intent forcibly to ravish and carnally know her. The cause was taken by change of venue to Henry county, and on a trial had at the December term, 1879, of said court, defendant was convicted, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $200. Erom that judgment he has prosecuted his appeal.

The testimony of Virginia McPherson was, in substance, that one Osborn was a son-in-law of defendant and lived in Benton county ; that her mother lived about a mile from Osborn’s; that the…