ANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH


349 S.W.2d 826 (1961)

Martin Aaron ANDERSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

September 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley R. Hogg, Whitesburg, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Wayne J. Carroll, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

Appellant, Martin A. Anderson, aged 21, was convicted in the Letcher Circuit Court of the crime of carnally knowing a female under the age of 16, and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal in forma pauperis.

The chief ground urged for reversal, which we conclude is meritorious, is that the lower court should have directed a verdict of acquittal because it was not proven that the crime was committed in Letcher County...

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