King v. Commonwealth

The accused was tried upon an indictment which charged him with rape upon one Essie Hall. Upon his trial he was found guilty by the jury, who fixed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The motion to set aside the verdict was overruled and the judgment was pronounced in accordance with the verdict.

The case of the Commonwealth as determined by the verdict of the jury rests upon these facts:

The prosecutrix, Essie Hall, a negro woman, thirty-two years of age, who had been married for six years, but at the time of the occurrence was separated from her husband, went to visit a friend,…