Coon v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McEoberts, Judge, presiding. Coon was indicted in the court below for an assault with intent to commit a rape. A trial resulted in a judgment of conviction. The defendant thereupon sued out this writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
In this case, the proofs are far from satisfactory as a foundation for the conviction of the accused of any offence known to the law as crime. It is not necessary, however, that the sufficiency of the evidence to that end should be discussed or determined, as the judgment must be reversed for errors as to the law.
The only witnesses for the prosecution, who make any statements tending to show any conduct on the part of the accused, which, in any sense, can be held to constitute crime, are two little girls, one of them eleven years old, and the other nine. Against the objection of the counsel…
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