Commonwealth v. Marlin

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant, George Marlin, was charged in 1969 in separate bills of indictment with a series of offenses arising out of certain related events. On the first set of charges—assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to ravish, and rape—the trial judge directed the jury to return verdicts of not guilty. On charges of fornication and furnishing liquor and brewed beverages to a minor, the jury returned verdicts of not guilty. Appellant was, however, found guilty of corrupting the morals of a minor by contributing to her delinquency. Act of June 2, 1933, P.…