Vance v. Commonwealth

The accused, Henderson Vance, was indicted for rape by force and violence. He was charged with committing this crime against one Agnes Boyd, who was nearly sixteen years of age at the time. He was tried, convicted by the jury and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year.

For the purposes of a decision of this case it is only necessary to consider one of the assignments of error, which is that the verdict of the jury should be set aside because it is contrary to the law and the evidence and is without credible evidence to support it.

The prosecutrix was visiting her grandfather, Henry…