Devine v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice..

William Clifford Devine was tried for the crime of rape, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without the privilege of parole. He appeals from the judgment, complaining that the circuit court erred: (1) In admitting in evidence his con.fes.sion which he claims was procured in contravention' of the “Sweating Act”; (2) in overruling his motion to discharge the jury because they had separated; (3) in permitting the Commonwealth’s attorney on cross-examination to ask incompetent questions relative to his former conviction on a felony charge; and (4) in allowing the…