Harris v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

The grand jury of Estill county returned a true bill charging appellant with the offense of unlawfully and feloniously having carnal knowledge of a female under the age of twenty-one years, under promise of marriage, Ky Stats. 1936, sec. 1214. Upon trial he was found guilty and punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiaryMotion for a new trial was overruled and, from a judgment entered in accordance with the verdict, the accused has prosecuted this appeal, contending that:(1) The court erred in refusing to peremptorily instruct the…