Gamble v. Commonwealth

*373Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

The appellant, Harry Gamble, was convicted of rape, committed on his stepdaughter, Catherine Smith, age 14, and given an indeterminate sentence of confinement in the penitentiary from 10 to 20 years, at hard labor. He appeals and alleges four grounds for reversal.

1. He insists that incompetent testimony was admitted, over his objection. The crime of which appellant was convicted is alleged to have been committed in February, 1912, in the barn of John W. Mouser, where appellant and Catherine Smith were bulking tobacco. She did not tell any one at…