Legal Opinion

People v. Clark

New York Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1885Published

Appeal by defendant Edward F. Clark, from a judgment of the Court of Sessions of Monroe County, April 17, 1883, Hon. W. C. Rowley, presiding, convicting defendant of assault with intent to commit a rape. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCorlett, J.

The defendant, Edward F. Clark, was indicted in the county of Monroe for assault and battery with intent to commit rape upon one Addie L. Glover, which offense was charged to have been committed on May 16, 1882, at the city of Rochester. He was tried on this indictment in the court of Sessions in the month of April, 1883. The jury found him guilty of the offense. Judgment was entered on this conviction, and the defendant appealed to this court.

It was proved upon the trial that Addie L. Glover, at the time of the alleged offense, resided in Bergen, Genesee county, and was in her eighteenth…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. The People v. . BransbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  2. Reynolds v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Walter v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1867

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