Commonwealth v. Ford

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

Clarence Ford took this appeal from a sentence for rape imposed after a jury had found him guilty, and the court beloAV had dismissed his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Three other defendants (Terry, Carter and Morris) were tried and con*591victed at the same time, but only Ford appealed. Tbe appellant is pressing only bis motion for a new trial.

The evidence shows that Diane, a twenty year old college junior, left ber home in West Philadelphia at 9:80 o’clock New Year’s Eve intending to join a girl friend in Germantown. At tbe intersection of Vine and…