Sarno v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted on both counts of an information, one charging rape, and the other the crime against nature.

The information, in the first count, charged defendant with an assault on, and with having carnal knowledge of, one Mrs. Thomas, forcibly and against her will; she not being the wife of the accused. The second count charged him with committing the crime against nature on the same woman. One Longo was charged jointly with the plaintiff in error in both counts. Sarno was found guilty on both counts, and brings error.

It is contended that the…