The PEOPLE v. Knapp

Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of incest. The indictment charged that the defendant was the father of Verna Y. Knapp and that he did unlawfully, feloniously, rudely and licentiously cohabit with, and have carnal knowledge of the body of Verna Y. Knapp, on the 3rd day of July, 1956.

The defendant entered a plea of not guilty, waived a jury trial, and after a hearing by the court, was found guilty of the crime of incest in the manner and form charged in the indictment and sentenced to the State…