Commonwealth v. Boas

Opinion by

Carr, J.,

The defendant was found guilty aftér a trial before a jury on an indictment charging him with fornication *287and bastardy. He appeals from the refusal of the court below to grant a new trial, alleging that there was not sufficient competent evidence upon which the jury could base a verdict of guilty, that nine men mentioned by the defendant’s witness should have been subpoenaed for trial and that the charge to the jury was erroneous.

The only witness for the Commonwealth was Sandra Ortleib, the prosecutrix, who testified that she met Joseph Boas, Jr. in July of 1951 and that…