Austine v. People

This was an indictment, in the Circuit Court of Knox county, against 1STathaniel J. Austin e, for an assault with intent to commit a rape on one Mary Ann McDowell.

The only witness to prove the charge was the person alleged to have heen assaulted, and a copy of an alleged written confession signed by the defendant.

The jury found the defendant guilty, and fixed the term of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at two years, and judgment was rendered accordingly, a motion for a new trial having been overruled.

To reverse this judgment, the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

The grounds of the…