Riley v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Justice.

Appellant, Clarence Riley, was convicted of having carnal knowledge of a girl over 12 and under 16 years of age, an offense denounced by KRS 435.100(1) (b), and his punishment, fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years. He seeks to reverse the .judgment on four grounds: (1) The verdict is not supported by the evidence; (2) the evidence does not conform to the averments of the indictment as to the time of the offense; (3) the verdict was reached by lot; (4) leading questions asked by the commonwealth attorney were prejudicial.

Only three witnesses testified;…