Blair v. Commonwealth

The accused was indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of an attempted rape and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. The court pronounced judgment upon the verdict.

The scene of the attack in this case is at a point on Brambleton avenue in the city of Norfolk. At this point there is a vacant lot or field extending about three hundred feet on said avenue and running back several hundred feet. This lot was considerably grown over with high weeds. The attack occurred on a December evening *717at approximately eight o’clock. On the opposite side of the street was a drug store and just a short…