Commonwealth v. Rednock

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

The defendant was tried on an indictment charging fornication and bastardy. The testimony of the prosecutrix that he was the father of her child was denied by the defendant, who testified that he never had intercourse with her. Two of his friends testified that they had intercourse with the prosecutrix about the time the child was conceived, which was denied by her. The jury accepted her testimony as true, disbelieved the testimony of the defendant and his witnesses and returned a verdict of “guilty as indicted”. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was refused and he…