Deboe v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

This is an, appeal from a judgment of conviction entered at a special term of the court for the crime of rape of a female above the age of twelve, imposing the death penalty. Section 1154, Kentucky Statutes.

The accused presents as grounds of reversal: Error of the court in overruling a demurrer to the ■indictment; the verdict is not sustained by, and is flagrantly against, the evidence; the admission of incompetent, and the excluding of competent, evidence; the verdict is the result of passion and prejudice, arising from inflamed public…