Goodfriend v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of attempted: rape upon an infant under twelve years of age and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years.

The facts are these: Hattie Zeh, the child alleged to> have been injured, was introduced as a witness but detailed none of the facts, indeed, her only answer to numerous questions was to tell her age and that she went to-school.

Her mother testifies that Hattie was eight years of age; that she has known the defendant for a number of years, and in answer to the question, “Do you know how old he is?”…