People v. Schladweiler

Plaintiff in error was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for taking indecent liberties with a child under the age of fifteen years, to-wit, of the age of eight years. The indictment consisted of two counts, the first charging indecent liberties, and the second, contributing to the delinquency of said child. On trial before a jury plaintiff in error was found guilty, and he brings the record here for review.

Plaintiff in error contends, first, that the testimony of the complaining witness, Katherine Ereitag, and the other witnesses who were children, was incompetent because these…