The People v. Nowak

In October, 1938, plaintiff in error, Peter Nowak, was convicted of the crime of rape, without a jury, in the criminal court of Cook county and appealed to this court. The cause was reversed and remanded. (People v. Nowak, 372 Ill. 381.) Upon a second trial on February 28, 1940, he was again tried and convicted of the crime of forcible rape, and sentenced to the penitentiary.

A motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment was overruled on the same day, and sixty days to and including April 27, 1940, was allowed by the court within which to prepare and file defendant’s bill of exceptions.…