People v. Woodward

By the Court:

The defendant was convicted of the crime of an attempt to commit rape on the person of a child under the age of ten years; and has appealed from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. There was testimony tending to prove that several boys, one of whom was over the age of fourteen and’the others under that age, attempted to commit rape on the person of the child, and the defendant, who is of the age of seventeen years, stood by and aided and encouraged the other boys in the accomplishment of their purpose. On the other hand, the defendant, who testified…