People v. Freeman

Per Curiam :

Plaintiff in error was tried at the December term, 1908, of the criminal court of Cook county for talcing improper liberties with a female child, under an indictment based on paragraph 42ha of the Criminal Code. (Hurd’s Stat. 1908, p. 716.) He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary. This writ of error has been sued out to review the record of the criminal court.

Plaintiff in error was thirty-two years of age at the time of the alleged crime. He worked at painting and decorating during the busy season and was employed as a porter in a barber shop at other times. From…