Wood v. State

Irvine, C.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Lancaster county on an information charging him with making an assault upon one Louisa Schrader, a female child nine years of age, with intent to commit a rape upon her person. The prosecutrix had testified that immediately after the alleged assault she had made complaint thereof to her mother. On cross-examination she was asked, “ What did you tell your mother when you went out there?” This question was objected to, as incompetent and immaterial, and the objection was sustained. An offer was then made by the defendant to…