Lear v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
Noah Thomas Lear was tried in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, upon an indictment which charged that he, “on or about the 17th day of June, 1951, in said County, with force and arms, in and upon one Ogretta Jane Dove, a female child under the age of sixteen years, to-wit, of the age of thirteen (13) years, unlawfully and feloniously did make an assault, and her, the said Ogretta Jane Dove, unlawfully and feloniously did carnally know and abuse, * * * .” Code of Virginia, 1950, § 18-54. The accused pleaded not guilty, and undertook to prove an alibi. The jury found him “guilty…
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