State v. Kruger

Appellant was charged with the crime of assault in the second degree. The charging part of the indictment is as follows:

“He the said Arthur Kruger, on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1910, in the county of King, state of Washington, aforesaid, did wilfully, unlawfully, and feloniously assault one Alma Langstrom, with intent then and there to commit the crime of rape.”

The testimony of the prosecuting witness, if believed, shoivs a consummated rape. Appellant’s evidence tends to prove an alibi. The complainant also testified that, on two or three occasions, appellant had robbed her of money.…