McManus v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Eatlipp

Reversing.

James McManus was indicted by tbe grand jury of Pulaski county charging him with the crime of rape. The indictment charged that he committed the offense upon the body of Lucille Duncan, an infant under the age of twelve years. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to life in the penitentiary, and to reverse that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Various alleged errors are complained of in the motion and grounds for a new trial and in brief for appellant, among which is that the court erred in admitting incompetent evidence offered by the…