Lockhart v. Commonwealth

CAMMACK,' Chief Justice.

Beauchamp Lockhart was sentenced to two years in prison on a charge of unlawfully detaining a woman against her will, with intent to have carnal knowdedge of her. On this appeal he urges that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction; (2) the court failed to give an instruction on assault and battery; and (3) misconduct on the part of the Commonwealth’s Attorney. Since the Bill of Exceptions does not contain the argument of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, this last ground can not be considered here.

Mrs. John D. Mallory, the prosecuting witness, was a…