Young v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Clyde Young, was convicted by a jury of rape of the prosecutrix, Jeanne Lindbergh, by force, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years in accordance with the verdict. We are asked to reverse that judgment, chiefly because the verdict is contrary to the evidence and plainly wrong.

It is admitted that there was sexual intercourse between these parties. The prosecutrix says it was by force and against her will. The defendant says it was with her consent. The prosecutrix gives a circumstantial account of the matter, altogether different from the version of the…