Bergen v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried before Randall, Judge, and a jury, at December term, 1855, of the Will Circuit Court. The plaintiff in error was found guilty, and his punishment fixed at four years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was an indictment for incest. The indictment charges that the defendant committed the incestuous acts “ upon the person of Phebe R. Bergen, the said Phebe R. Bergen then and there being the daughter of him, the said John Bergen,” &c. A motion to quash the indictment was made and overruled. It is contended that the indictment does not, with sufficient certainty, aver that the relation of parent and child existed between the defendant and Phebe R. Bergen. The language is plain, as broad as the language of the statute defining incest, and means that the natural relation of parent and child…
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