People v. Butler
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. L. McKinley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Robert Butler, the plaintiff in error, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county under an indictment charging him with talcing immoral, improper and indecent liberties with a child and sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from one to- twenty years.
It is claimed that the act to define and punish crimes against children, (Laws of 1907, p. 266,) uhder which this indictihent was found, is unconstitutional, for the reason that the punishment is not in proportion' to the nature of the offense. The only reason urged in support of this contention is, that the acts…
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