Reynolds v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Baird

— Affirming.

Lloyd Reynolds was indicted, tried, and convicted, in the Owsley circuit court, for unlawfully, forcibly, and feloniously attempting to commit rape upon Lizzie Reynolds, an infant under the age of twelve years, in violation of section 1153, Kentucky Statutes. His penalty was fixed by a verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court at twenty years’ confinement in the state penitentiary. He appeals from that judgment.

In his motion and 'grounds for a new trial, he claims: (1) That the verdict was flagrantly against the '(evidence; (2) that the…