Chambers v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the court below of the crime of “an assault with intent to commit rape.” The only-witnesses of the acts alleged to constitute the offence were the prosecutrix and plaintiff in error. Both were examined as witnesses, and the evidence they gave as to the fact of such assault having been committed, was directly contradictory.

Although it is quite probable that if the.jury had been fairly and accurately instructed as to the law, and still have found as they did, we should not feel it to be our duty to interfere with the verdict, yet there is enough evidence in…