Commonwealth v. Stoner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Ct., Oct. T., 1917, No. 83, affirming judgment of O. & T. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1916, No. 16, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Edward D. Stoner. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. See Commonwealth v. Stoner, 70 Pa. Superior Ct. 365. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of the court of oyer and terminer. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant, an unmarried man, about forty-seven years of age, a farmer by occupation, was convicted in the *141Oyer and Terminer Court of Chester County of the crime of statutory rape committed on the person of a little girl, Anna Walton, of the age of twelve years, one of a household composed of appellant and his aged mother, and employed there in domestic and other service. This little girl was one of a large family of children of humble and poor' parents, living in Lancaster County, some eight miles from appellant’s house. To lighten the burden thus imposed…
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