Commonwealth v. Stites

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Certifying the law.

In order to obtain a certification of the law of this case the Attorney General of the State and Commonwealth attorney of the 6th Judicial District have prosecuted this appeal from a judgment of acquittal entered on a verdict in the Ohio circuit court. Stites, who was indicted on the evidence of his daughter for the crime of incest, being put upon trial was acquitted, although the evidence against him seems to have been overwhelming.

The attorneys for the Commonwealth complain of several alleged errors of the trial court, among them being,…