Harmon v. Territory of Oklahoma

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McAtee, J.:

This proceeding was prosecuted in the court below by the defendant in error upon an indictment which charges that the plaintiff in error “in the county of Payne, and Territory of Oklahoma, * * did then and there unlawfully and feloniously make an assault in and upon one D. Y., a woman, with the intent then and there, upon the part of him, the said Henry Harmon, to commit the offense of rape upon the said D. Y. by then and there, without the consent of the said D. Y., attempting by force, threats and violence, to have carnal knowledge of her,…