Barr v. People

Plaintiff in error was indicted at the August term, 1883, of the Mason county circuit court, for an unlawful assault upon Hester A. Rohlfing, with intent to commit a rape upon her person. There seem to have been two trials of the case in the circuit court. On the first trial the jury failed to agree upon a verdict, and were discharged; but on the second trial, which was had at the February term, 1884, of the Mason county circuit court, the accused was found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of three years. As it does not appear any supersedeas was granted in the cause, it…