The PEOPLE v. Zerba

By information in the circuit court of Lake County Ora Zerba was charged with the crime of taking indecent liberties with a female child under fifteen years of age. After waiving prosecution by indictment he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than nineteen nor more than twenty years. He prosecutes this writ of error, contending the record fails to show he understood the nature of the charge against him, the consequences if found guilty, the right to be defended by counsel, or the right to be held to answer for the offense on indictment by a grand jury.

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