Bradley v. Commonwealth

This writ of error brings here for review a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury finding the defendant, Leroy Bradley, Jr., guilty of rape by force against Miss Martha Lou Drewery, and sentencing him to confinement in the penitentiary for fife. The grounds relied on for a reversal of the judgment are, (1) the trial court erred in admitting certain testimony, and (2) the evidence does not support the verdict. The defendant’s major contention that Miss Drewery’s account of the alleged rape is inherently incredible requires that the evidence be stated in some detail.

The prosecutrix, a 34…