Richards v. Commonwealth

Boyd R. Richards, the accused, was indicted for an attempted rape, tried by a jury and found guilty. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years, and in accordance with the verdict of the jury he was sentenced by the court.

There are numerous assignments of error, but in our view of the case it becomes necessary to discuss only one of them. The ninth assignment, in our opinion, requires that the judgment be reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. For the purpose of a decision it will be unnecessary to state all of the facts as disclosed by the…