People v. Coston

Under an information charging defendant with statutory rape upon the person of one Ida Hopper, 14 years of age at the time of the commission of the alleged offense, defendant was convicted of the lesser and included crime of an assault with intent to commit rape.

The complaining witness gave evidence tending to show that between 3 and 4 o’clock on the afternoon of July 6, 1914, she, together with her mother and older sister Anna, were picking cherries upon the premises of the defendant; that having filled her basket with cherries she repaired to the barn, where the defendant was engaged in…