Morehead v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Moorman

Reversing.

Darrell Moreliead is appealing from a judgment of the Warren circuit court, convicting him of the statutory offense of seducing a woman under twenty-one years of age under promise of marriage, and fixing his punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of four years. A number of grounds for a reversal of the judgment are urged, hut we will discuss only those deemed sufficiently important to merit consideration.

*594Counsel who are representing Moretead on this appeal did not represent him on the trial in the circuit court. Their first…