Carrier v. Commonwealth

MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, Manford Carrier, was indicted by a grand jury in the Casey Circuit Court for the offense of rape of Barbara Tinsley, a female above the age of twelve years and under the age of sixteen years, appellant being a male person above the age of twenty-one years. He was convicted of having carnal knowledge of Barbara Tins-ley with her consent and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years. On this appeal it is asserted that the verdict is flagrantly against the law and the evidence.

The prosecutrix, Barbara Tinsley, lived on a farm…