Hunley v. Commonwealth

Opinion, of the Court by

Judge Thomas —

Reversing.

The appellant, Harrison Hnnley, was indicted in the Pike circuit court charged with the offense denounced by section 1155 of the Kentucky Statutes as amended by chapter 17, Session Acts, 1922, page 65, commonly known as the “Age of Consent” statute. At his trial he was convicted and punished by confinement in the state penitentiary for two years. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he has appealed, and his counsel urge a number of grounds for a reversal of the judgment, but none of which do we regard as sufficiently material to merit…