Commonwealth v. Allabaugh

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

Defendant was found guilty of having committed the crime of sodomy in that he had carnal knowledge of a female person, aged five years, by the anus.

The chief burden of his appeal is that his conviction on the uncorroborated testimony of the child, who did not know and could not comprehend or appreciate the meaning of an oath and who made no complaint to either of her parents, should not be permitted to stand.

That the uncorroborated testimony of the victim alone is sufficient to sustain a conviction of sodomy is well established by a long line of cases. Commonwealth v.…