People v. Trzil

Defendant was convicted in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit of the crime of statutory rape committed, June 2, 1924, upon Veronica Bonaszak, a girl 14 years of age. The defense was an absolute denial with a claim of alibi. Frank Bonaszak, father of the girl, was a plumber residing in Detroit with his wife and three minor children. Defendant was a young man about 23 years of age working for the Ford Motor Company. He became acquainted with the Bonaszak family when called as a witness in a negligence case brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by Veronica when struck on the…