Gaddis v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

The appellant, Fred Gaddis, was indicted, tried and convicted in. the Muhlenberg circuit court of the crime of seduction, and his punishment fixed by the court at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of not less than four nor more than five years. .

His motion and grounds for a new trial being overruled, he appeals, relying upon two grounds only for reversal, viz.:

*184First. Failure of the trial court to properly instruct the jury; and,

Second. The verdict is against the law arid the evidence.

The instructions are as follows:

“The court…