Stewart v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Walter Stewart, a man 28 years old, was charged with rapé in an indictment drawn under section 1154 of onr Statutes. His victim was a girl about 14 years of age, and he was convicted under subsection 2 of section 1155; his punishment being fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years. His motion for a new trial was over-) ruled, he excepted to that ruling' and has appealed. .

No useful purpose would be served by giving the disgusting details of this affair, so they will be omitted. He bases his hope for reversal upon- the…