Jordan v. Commonwealth

The accused, D. L. Jordan, was indicted for rape by force and violence. He was tried, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, the minimum sentence fixed by statute.

There are several assignments of error; but in the view we take of the case, the only assignment we need to consider is, that the verdict of the jury should be set aside because it is contrary to the law and the evidence and without sufficient evidence to support it.

A summary of the evidence is certified to us in narrative form. It shows that the prosecutrix is a negro girl, eighteen years of age. She…