McPerkin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming'.

Anderson McPerkin appeals from a judgment entered upon a conviction of rape, by which, the sheriff of Kenton county is directed to hang him by the neck until he is dead.

This crime is alleged to have been committed in Crescent Springs, a village on the Southern Bailway in Kenton county, Ky., and the time of its commission is fixed at approximately 3:30 p. m. Thursday, March 6, 1930. The severity of the defendant’s sentence is our excuse for reviewing the evidence with some meticulosity. We shall endeavor to avoid mentioning names of the…