People v. Quinn

Mr. Chiep Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Earl Quinn, (herein.called defendant,) was convicted in the circuit court of Jefferson county before the court and a jury for the crime of rape and was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of two years. He has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment.

The prosecuting witness, Maggie Kniffen, of the age of twenty years and weighing about 100 pounds, is a sister of the defendant’s wife and at and previous to the commission of the crime charged was employed in a knitting factory at Mt. Vernon, Illinois.…