People v. Pignatelli

Plaintiff in error, Charles Pignatelli, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County before a jury on the charge of taking indecent liberties with a nine-year-old female child. He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. He has sued out this writ of error.

- Our first consideration must be directed to whether the bill of exceptions, or report of proceedings, filed in this cause, is properly before us. Previously, at the September, 1949, term of this court, plaintiff in error filed an original petition for writ of mandamus…