The People v. Destefano

Plaintiff in error, with Ralph Orlando, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of forcible rape committed upon Frances Brooks. The jury fixed the punishment of plaintiff in error at three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary and that of Orlando at ten years. Plaintiff in error brings the cause here for review.

The testimony of the complaining witness revealed a most revolting crime. She testified that she was seventeen years of age at the time of the trial; that on the 19th of September, 1927, she was living with a cousin in the city of Chicago; that on…