Commonwealth v. Orris

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The indictment against appellant, an adult, contained a single count charging him, in the language of Section 91 of the Penal Code of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, as amended by the Act of May 19, 1887, P. L. 128, (18 PS §2261) with the felony of having carnally known and abused Dorothy Williams, a woman child twelve years of age.

The applicable provisions of the statute, as amended, read: “If any person, ......being of the age of sixteen years and upwards, shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any woman child under the age of sixteen years, with or without her…