The People v. Scott

The plaintiff in error, Alvin Gene Scott, also called defendant in this opinion, was indicted in the circuit court of Clinton County, charged with taking immoral, improper and indecent liberties with a certain female child of the age of seven years, in violation of section 109 of the Illinois Criminal Code.

He was tried before a jury and found guilty. After motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, he was sentenced to the Illinois Penitentiary for a minimum period of one year and a maximum period of eight years.

The principal contentions of the plaintiff in error in…