House v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

A. B. House was accused of the crime of detaining Myrtle Amburgy, a girl 15 years of age, against her will for an immoral purpose. Section 1158 of the Statutes. His first trial resulted in a hung jury. He was found guilty on his second trial and his punishment fixed at two years in the Reformatory; hence this appeal.

House insists that (1) the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in his favor at the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s evidence, and also at the conclusion of all the evidence; (2) the verdict is palpably and flagrantly against…