Bailey v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas—

Affirming.

The appellant, Willie Bailey, was indicted in the Estill circuit court and charged with the offense of detaining a woman against her will with the intent to have carnal knowledge with her himself, which is a statutory one created by section 1158 of our present statutes. At his trial he was convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for two years, and complaining thereof he prosecutes this appeal, urging by his counsel only one ground for a reversal of the judgment, and which is, that the verdict is not sustained by…