People v. Kuches

BRITT, C.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to commit rape. It is claimed that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict. Defendant kept a confectionery shop which fronted immediately on one of the principal streets in the city of Sacramento. About twenty feet from the street entrance of the shop, and separated from the saleroom by a glass partition covered by a lace curtain, was a small back room furnished with tables and chairs; there was an open doorway through such partition at the corner of the saleroom into this smaller apartment, and some shelves…