Commonwealth v. Kline

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

Charles James Kline was convicted in Warren County after trial on an indictment charging statutory rape on his daughter Barbara. He was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, a fine of $300.00, and imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary for not less than seven and one-half years and not more than fifteen years. On appeal to the Superior Court the judgment was reversed because of alleged errors in the admission of evidence.

The date of the commission of the alleged offense was October 20, 1946, when the daughter was 4 months and 6 days past 15 years of…