The PEOPLE v. Chaten

The defendant, William Chaten, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the offense of indecent liberties with two minor children. He was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to a term of 15 to 20 years in the penitentiary.

On this writ of error the defendant makes three contentions : (1) that the evidence at the trial was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that he was deprived of his liberty without due process of law in that he was not represented by counsel during the early stages of the proceedings against him; and (3) that…