O'Boyle v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: O. B. Wymaet, Circuit Judge. was tried in the circuit court for Juneau county upon an information charging him with having committed the crime of rape on the person of Annie Stegeman, a female of the age of fifteen years or more, and the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty.
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Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: O. B. Wymaet, Circuit Judge. was tried in the circuit court for Juneau county upon an information charging him with having committed the crime of rape on the person of Annie Stegeman, a female of the age of fifteen years or more, and the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty. The defendant moved to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial;, hut the court denied the motion, and sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment in the state prison. At the close of the-testimony the defendant moved for a dismissal of the action on…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
The evidence is very voluminous, and it is not practicable to give more than a brief abstract of the more material facts. The complainant, Annie Stegeman, was in the sixteenth year of her age, and at the time of the alleged offense, February 20, 1897, was at service in the family of one Fuhrman, a merchant, in the city of Elroy. She had been sent to the store, and on her way home met Myrtle Smith, an acquaintance, who came with her, and stayed until after supper; and then she took witness down town for a walk, first going to the post office, and Myrtle Smith said, “Come on; let’s go down town…
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