Lewis v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from McCreary Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Quin
Affirming.
Appellant, a married man and a grandfather, was indicted, upon trial found guilty and given the minimum term of ten years in the penitentiary for the crime condemned by Kentucky Statutes, section 1155, to-wit, carnally knowing a female under the age of sixteen years.
Accused admitted he had had improper relations with the prosecuting witness on several occasions, some of which took place in the home of his daughter.
*162He seeks absolution from punishment on the plea that the subject of his lustful acts was over sixteen years of age.
According to the girl’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Gravitt v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Hall v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Home Insurance v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dewberry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Epling v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Wolff v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Patterson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
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