Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming-.

Appellant was indicted charged with the crime of carnally knowing a female under the age of 18, not his wife, by having- sexual intercourse in November, 1923, with Irene Isbell, a female under that age.

He was found guilty and his punishment fixed at seven years’ imprisonment, and from that judgment he appeals.

The indictment was found under section 1155, Ky. Stats., as amended by the act of 1922. Section 1155, supplement to Carroll’s 1922 Statutes, and chapter 17, p. 65, Acts of 1922.

That amendatory act changes the 'age of consent from 16…