State v. Wheeler

Ladd, G. J.

The prosecutrix, at the time of trial, was nearly 14 years old; the defendant past 68, and had been married 49 years. She had been- stopping temporarily at his home for about five weeks, and left early Friday morning before Christmas, 1900. She testified that defendant had attempted to have sexual intercourse with her that morning and several times previous. The bed in which she slept was in the same room as that occupied by defendant and his wife, and, according to her story, these attempts were made, not only when the wife was in the room and m the neighboring bed, but with her…