Martin v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

The appellant brings this appeal from a judgment of conviction after a jury trial of the offense of carnally knowing a female under eighteen years of age with her consent. Appellant’s punishment was fixed at seven years’ imprisonment, and he is currently serving that sentence.

The charges arose in Laurel County but the case was tried in Madison County pursuant to a change of venue.

The appellant and his wife first became acquainted with the prosecutrix at a tuberculosis hospital in London, Kentucky, in July 1968. Some two weeks later, the appellant and his wife went…