The PEOPLE v. Smith

Under an indictment returned to the circuit court of Sangamon County, Sherman Smith, the defendant, was charged in counts one and two with the crime of assault with intent to commit rape, and in count three with having taken indecent liberties with a minor. At the jury trial which followed, he was found guilty on all three counts and was thereafter sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 14 years. Writ of error has now been prosecuted, pro se, to this court.

The State’s evidence indicates the 54-year old defendant committed sexual acts against an 11-year-old Springfield girl who was…