Anderson v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.

Appellant, Martin A. Anderson, aged' 21, was convicted in the Letcher Circuit Court of the crime of carnally knowing a female under the age of 16, and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal in forma pauperis.

The chief ground urged for reversal, which we conclude is meritorious, is that the lower court should have directed a verdict of acquittal because it was not proven that the crime was committed in Letcher County.

The Commonwealth at the trial relied solely upon the testimony of the prosecuting witness, Lorene Combs, in its endeavor to fix the…