NOBLETT v. COMMONWEALTH


72 S.E.2d 241 (1952)

194 Va. 241

NOBLETT v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmunds, Whitehead, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN and WHITTLE, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Justice.

Herman C. Noblett was convicted by a jury on a warrant charging that he did "unlawfully, lewdly and indecently expose his person to Betty Thomas, age 10, in a manner to shock the public sense of decency and morality." To the judgment entered upon that verdict we granted a writ of error to review the sufficiency of the evidence and the rulings of the trial court in granting and refusing certain instructions.

The little girl testified that...

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