The People v. Langer

Plaintiff in error, Adam Langer, was found guilty by a jury in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of statutory rape. His punishment, fixed by the jury, was imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of one year. He prosecutes the writ of error in this case for the purpose of reviewing the judgment. Numerous errors have been assigned, which will be noted in the order in which they are assigned. A recital of the revolting testimony is unnecessary to a proper consideration of the case.

It is first contended by plaintiff in error that the corpus delicti was not proved beyond a…