Wood v. Commonwealth

A jury in the Circuit Court of Albemarle county convicted John Wood, the plaintiff in error, of an attempt to rape Katherine T. Rose, and fixed his punishment at death. This is a writ of error to the judgment of the court sentencing him to be electrocuted.

Miss Katherine T. Rose and Miss Payne attended the summer school at the University of Virginia in 1925. On Saturday night, September 5, 1925, they occupied twin beds in a room on the first floor, House “D,” Dawson’s Row, in the University of Virginia grounds. On account of the heat, the windows in their room were left open. About two o’clock…