Teer v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Siler

Affirming.

Grlenn Teer, appellant, was indicted for detaining with carnal intent and against her will a Miss Evangeline Fowler. Upon receiving the law’s minimum punishment of two years in the penitentiary, he took this appeal from the judgment.

Teer contends that the evidence did not support the judgment because (1). he was not sufficiently identified and because (2) his carnal intent was not proven and because (3) his drunkenness constituted a legal defense.

Miss Fowler, a middle aged lady who lives with her parents, was walking to her home in the City of…