Richmond v. State

Maxwell J.

The plaintiff was indicted for rape, and also for an assault with an intent to commit rape on the person of one Carrie E. Greusel, and was convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years.

The offense is alleged to have been committed on the 4th day of November, 1883, and the trial was commenced on the 15th of the following December.

The attorneys for the plaintiff filed a motion supported by affidavits of leading citizens of Plattsmouth for a change of venue. The motion was overruled, to which the plaintiff excepted,…