State v. Miller

l. evidence. In most respects the facts attending the alleged assault committed are not disputed. The appellant was a carrier in the rural mail service in the vicinity of Clear Lake, Iowa, and the prosecuting witness, a young twenty-two years of age, was teaching school in a neighborhood upon or near the mail route. The acquaintance between the parties was slight, but on one prior occasion the prosecuting witness had ridden to town in the mail wagon with appellant. On June 19, 1903, the prosecuting witness again entered the wagon for the purpose of riding to Clear Lake. The vehicle was a…