People v. Horchler

Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of an assault with intent to commit rape. The indictment contained two counts. The first charged that plaintiff in error “did‘unlawfully make an assault upon one Catherine Lindgren, then and there being a female, with intent then and there feloniously and forcibly to ravish and carnally know said Catherine Lindgren against her will.” The second count charged that plaintiff in error “violently and feloniously did make an assault in and upon one Catherine Lindgren, then and there being a female, and her, the said…