State v. Alton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in the district court for Hennepin county ■ of the crime of rape. From an order, John Day Smith, J., denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape alleged to have been ■ committed at Medicine Lake, Hennepin county, August 2, 1907. Beyond any doubt whatever, the prosecutrix was most cruelly assaulted, and the evidence is sufficient to sustain the charge of rape; but it is by no means conclusive that defendant is the guilty party, and our review of the case will be confined to the assignments of error which are directed to the evidence and rulings of the court with respect to the defendant’s identity.
On the northwesterly shore of Medicine Lake, during the summer of 1907, stood a hotel and…
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