People v. Carlson

Respondent was convicted before the circuit court for Houghton county of an assault with intent to commit the crime of rape upon a female child of the age of 10 years.

The case is here upon exceptions before sentence. The crime was charged to have been committed on Monday, July 5, 1909, which was celebrated as the Fourth. Respondent, of the age of 17 years, had been celebrating in Red Jacket that day with other young men, and had been drinking more or less. Between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon, he, with one of his companions, went to the Copper Range depot, and sat down by it. After…