State v. Wargo

The evidence of the defendant’s conduct towards Mary on other occasions than of the offense charged was competent to show purpose. State v. Foster, 80 N. H. 1, 4; State v. Braley, 81 N. H. 323. The relevancy of such evidence does not depend upon the fact that the conduct is the same as that of the offense charged, but upon its force in showing the defendant’s purpose to commit the crime. Any conduct which tended to show that the defendant had it in mind to have sexual relations with his daughter was in support of the issue of purpose, and whether the conduct consisted of improper advances,…