State v. Van Patten

It will serve no useful purpose, in view of the conclusion reached by the court, to more than briefly state the facts. The complaining witness Hazel Reinert was eighteen years old on June 12, 1939; she had graduated from high school the preceding June. She lived with her parents on their farm in the town of Bear Creek in Waupaca county. On Sunday evening, August 21, 1938, she accompanied her brother and some girl friends to the Rustic Resort Dance Hall, which is located a short distance from the city of Clin-tonville and about ten miles from the farm. Here she met and danced with the…