Commonwealth v. Goldberg

Fronefield, P. J.,

The defendant was found guilty in 1925 of an assault with intent to commit rape, moved the court for a new trial and filed two reasons: the first, to the admission of testimony of an alleged.prior similar offence on others, for which the defendant was not tried; and, second, to the charge of the court referring to the evidence of the reputation of the defendant.

The defendant, in denying that he had committed an assault on the prosecu-trix, said, in answer to questions of his attorney: “Q. Did you grab her (prosecutrix) at all? A. No, sir. Q. Put your hand on her in any…