Frierson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

Thegrand jury, in the Fayette circuit court, returned an indictment against appellant, J. W. Frierson, who claimed to be a preacher. The indictment, without the style of the court and case, is as follows:

“The grand jury of Fayette county in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse J. "W. Frierson of the crime of rape, committed as follows, viz: That said J. W. Frierson, on the 3rd day of January, 1916, in the county aforesaid and before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully and carnally know Serpora Taylor, who…