Burke v. Commonwealth

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Eddie Burke, was indicted under KRS 435.110 and charged with the crime of detaining a woman against her will with intent to have carnal knowledge of her. He was found guilty and the punishment imposed was confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

Appellant is a married man, a minister of the gospel and was, at the time of the offense charged, superintendent of a small orphanage and school located on Smoot Creek in Letcher County. One of the pupils, a 12 year old girl, is the prosecutrix here.

The indictment named April 16, 1952, as the day upon which…