The People v. Potts

An indictment returned in the circuit court of Clinton County charged Howard Potts, the plaintiff in error herein, by the first count, with the crime of assault with intent to commit forcible rape, and by a second count with the crime of assault with intent to commit rape on a female under the age of sixteen years. Following a plea of not guilty, he was found guilty, by a jury, of the offense charged in count two and sentenced by the court to the penitentiary for a minimum term of two years and a maximum term of five years. He prosecutes this writ of error.

Prior to his plea of not guilty,…