Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the 'Court by

Judge Fulton

— Affirming.

The appellant, Robert Williams, a negro, appeals from a judgment sentencing Mm to death for the rape of Mrs. Yirgie Wigginton, a white woman.

On April 16, 1941, Mrs. Wigginton and her hnsband went from Louisville to Lexington, where the husband, who was a baker, was endeavoring to obtain a position in a bakery. They arrived late in the evening and, after contacting the bakery, found that they did not have a room in which to spend the night. An employee of the bakery turned over his room to the couple for the night. The room was on the ground…