People v. Batterson

The appellant was Indicted jointly with Stephen Adwin, John McKibben, and Dennis Reardon, with having on the 18th day of July, 1886, at the city of Rochester, in and upon one Sophia Kaisar, violently and feloniously made an assault, and her, the said Sophia Kaisar, then and there, against her will, and without her consent, and by forcibly overcoming her resistance, feloniously and forcibly did ravish, carnally know, and have sexual intercourse. It is contended in the first place that the verdict is against the weight of evidence. It appears from the evidence that Sophia Kaisar was at the time…