The People v. Peters

The defendant, Alex Peters, was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago county for the crime of statutory rape alleged to have been committed on August 16, 1939, the prosecuting witness then being fifteen years of age. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled. Defendant had two jury trials. Upon the first, he was found guilty and sentenced to from one to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was allowed because of an error committed by the jury in fixing an indeterminate sentence. On the second trial, defendant was again convicted, as charged, and…