State v. Peterson

1 The prosecuting witness, a German girl of but fifteen years of age, was followed by defendant from a store, whither she had gone To procure some groceries for a family for whom she was working, for a distance of about half a mile, to a turn in the road which witness was following, that was some distance from any house or building where people were living; and the state claims that defendant then and there forcibly ravished the said witness. Defendant admits the intercourse, but denies that he used any force or violence to accomplish his purpose. The act took place after dark on the evening…