The People v. Holt

Plaintiff in error, Marx E. Holt, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook County on a hearing before the court without a jury, under three separate indictments for the crime of taking indecent liberties with two girls of the age of eight years, and one girl of the age of eleven years. The cases were, by agreement, tried together. Separate writs of error have been sued out of this court and consolidated here.

One indictment charges plaintiff in error with having taken indecent liberties with Phyllis Cargain, a female child of the age of eight years. One indictment charges him with having…