The People v. Polak

Frank Polak and Harry Kmak, otherwise called Harry Kushemba, (hereinafter called the defendants,) were found guilty in the criminal court of Cook county by the verdict of a jury of having committed rape upon Sylvia Drank, a female twenty-one years of age, and the punishment was fixed at one year in the penitentiary. To reverse the judgment entered on the verdict the defendants bring the record here for review on writ of -error.

The acts of sexual intercourse are admitted by the defendants. They contend that such acts were not forcible and against the will of the prosecutrix and did not…