Hammond v. United States

Appellant was indicted and convicted of assault with intent to commit rape. The evidence discloses that around 2 o’clock in the morning of August 17, 1941, he went to the home of his mother-in-law, with whom his wife and baby were living, went into the bedroom of his 17-year-old sister-in-law, pulled off the covers, and touched her private parts with his hand. She awakened, screamed, and appellant ran from the house. The government concedes that “the elements of the offense must be found in the above condensed statement of the evidence”. At the conclusion of the government’s case, and again…