Tuttle v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted under a' true bill charging him with carnally knowing a female under sixteen, he being at the time more than twenty-one years of age, an offense denounced by Section 1155, Kentucky Statutes, the jury inflicting imprisonment for a period of seven years. On appeal it is urged that the court of first instance committed errors which deprived him of substantial rights, in: (1) Admitting incompetent and irrelevant evidence. (2) The giving of erroneous instructions. (3) In refusing to sustain motion to set aside the…