HOLT v. COMMONWEALTH


259 S.W.2d 463 (1953)

HOLT v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. C. Lawrence, Jamestown, Ralph Hurt, Columbia, Kenton Cooper, Jamestown, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., and John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Chief Justice.

Eldridge Holt in seeking to reverse a judgment imposing upon him a sentence in the penitentiary for five years for the seduction of Edith Shaw, a girl under the age of 21 years, under a promise of marriage, assigns three errors: 1. The verdict is not sustained by the evidence; 2. the court erred in admitting incompetent and in rejecting competent evidence; 3. the instructions are erroneous.

Appellant was 23 and Edith was 18 years of age...

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