Legal Opinion

Whitaker v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 15, 1916PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

Appellant was indicted and convicted of the crime of seduction as denounced in section 1214 of the Kentucky .'Statutes. He complains, first, that the court erred in -overruling his demurrer to the indictment and in overruling his motion in arrest of the judgment because the indictment does not sufficiently charge the offense; second, that the court erroneously instructed the jury; third, because of misconduct in the argument to the jury by the attorney for the Commonwealth; fourth, because the evidence is insufficient to take the case to the jury…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Combs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  2. Commonwealth v. McNuttCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
  3. National Council Junior Order United American Mechanics of the United States v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  4. Henry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. MacKey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934

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