The People v. Carruthers

Plaintiff in error, under the name of Hugh Greer Carruthers, seeks review of a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county convicting him of the crime of rape. His punishment was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

It appears from the evidence that plaintiff in error was the head of a group known as the Neological Society, and in connection with this organization he maintained a business office in the downtown district of Chicago, where he employed one Himes, a chiropractor, and one Ronnie, a physician, who treated members of the society. Plaintiff in error had a private room in the…