Hubbard v. Commonwealth

We think it unnecessary to state in detail the facts in this case.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of rape committed upon a child of eight years and the verdict of *494the jury fixing his term of confinement in the penitentiary at twenty-eight years was confirmed by the court.

The defendant alleges the commission of prejudicial error by the court in the admission of the testimony of two witnesses, Ann Patterson and Dorothy Montgomery, the former twelve years old and the latter an infant under the age of twenty-one years, to corroborate the sworn statements of the prosecutrix, by…