People v. Salisbury

On exceptions before sentence defendant reviews his conviction of assault with intent to commit the crime of rape upon his 14-year-old daughter, Blanche. The testimony offered by the prosecution tended to prove the commission of the crime at his home in Michigan Center, in Jackson county, on the night of July 2, 1921. The defendant was called as a witness on his own behalf. He was cross-examined at length, without objection, as to statements in the nature of admissions claimed to have been made by him to his wife soon thereafter, all of which he denied. The following then occurred:

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