People v. Moore

The plaintiff in error, Sidney S. Moore, was convicted upon a trial by jury in the circuit court of Mercer county of an assault with intent to commit rape upon the person of Elsie M. Stoner and was sentenced to the penitentiary at Joliet.

The following facts were proved and not controverted: The plaintiff in error, Sidney S. Moore, was principal of the high school at Viola, in Mercer county, and Elsie M. Stoner was a member of the senior class of the school. On Friday, September 24, 1915, the school was dismissed at about half-past three o’clock, and the principal, assistant principal and…