Commonwealth v. Miller

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

This case discloses a condition of affairs not pleasant to contemplate. The discussion of the questions of law involved will be confined within the narrowest possible limits.

The first count of the indictment was drawn under the provisions of the 93d section of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 405, and charged that the defendant: “In and upon one......did make an assault, and did beat, wound *311and illtreat her, and did other wrongs to her, with the intent, forcibly and against her will, to have unlawful carnal knowledge of her, contrary to the form of the Act of the General…