Clark v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Turner

Reversing.

Appellant was indicted in the Christian Circuit Court charged with carnally knowing a female less than the age of sixteen years, under the provisions of Section 1155 of the Kentucky Statutes. Upon his trial he was found guilty and sentenced to confinement in the- penitentiary for not less than ten nor more than twenty years, and he has appealed.

Four grounds for reversal are relied upon: First, that the indictment was defective; second, that the verdict was flagrantly against the evidence and there was not sufficient evidence to support it; third,…