Wilcox v. State

The plaintiff in error was tried and found guilty of an assault upon his daughter with intent to commit rape. The only question we need consider is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction. The evidence shows a rather low state of morals in defendant’s family. The accused was convicted upon the unsupported testimony of the assaulted party. She lived with her parents in the city of Durand, and was sixteen years of age at the time the assault was said to have been committed. It occurred between 3 and 4 o’clock on a bright, sunshiny day in the month of July, 1893. She was alone…