State v. Herbert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

William Herbert was prosecuted on a charge of burglariously entering the residence of Simon Gilson in the night-time with the intent to ravish Helen Louisa Gilson. He was convicted, and now insists that the evidence does not sufficiently connect him with the crime nor sustain the conviction, The testimony tends to show that Miss Gilson and her mother were sleeping in separate rooms in the second story of the house ; that about midnight Miss Gilson was awakened, and in the moonlight saw a man at her bedside ; that he tried to turn down the…