Salyers v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Justice..Appellant, Luther Salyers, was convicted of incest and sentenced t.o three years in the penitentiary. He urges the following grounds for reversal: (1) The evidence,is insufficient to .sustain his .conviction,; (2) there is a variance between the. indictment and the proof as to the time the offense was committed; (3) the trial court erred in permitting a child, present at the trial to be referred to and identified as the issue of the appellant and his daughter; and (4) the Commonwealth’s Attorney made an improper argument in his closing address to the jury.

The appellant’s…