Adams v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury,

Commissioner— Reversing.

Tom Adams is asking for the reversal of a judgment imposing upon him 10 years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary for rape. Omitting the disgusting details, it is claimed that shortly after 1 o’clock in the early morning of July 24, 1926, Tom Adams, John Adams, and Matt Sizemore came to the home of Jeff Young, and Tom Adams, reaching through the window, took hold of Mrs. Young, who was lying in'bed just next to the window, -and wakened her. As a result of her outcry, her husband and family were awakened. John Adams and Sizemore in the…