State v. Macbeth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of an attempt to commit rape, tried in the district court for Blue Earth county before Quinn, J., acting in the place of the judge of the Sixth judicial district, and found not guilty of the crime of an attempt to commit rape, but guilty of assault in the second degree. From the order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The indictment charged that defendant “did in and upon one Mary Handy, a female of the age of fourteen years, violently and feloniously make an assault, and her, the said Mary Handy, then and there violently and by force and against her will, feloniously did attempt to ravish and carnally know,” etc. The verdict was: “We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant Ralph E. Macbeth not guilty of the crime of attempt to commit rape, but we find the defendant guilty of assault in the second degree.” A motion for a new trial was made, and from the order denying the same defendant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. HorchlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- State v. ChristoffersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- State Ex Rel. Guren v. GrimesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- State v. MimbachCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1988