The People v. Anderson

The defendant, Vernon Anderson, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for assault with intent to rape. He was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the statutory term of one to fourteen years, with the recommendation that the minimum and maximum limits of imprisonment be five and ten years, respectively. Anderson prosecutes this writ of error.

The complaining witness, 20 years of age, an employee of the Belmont Radio Corporation, attended a moving-picture theater alone on. Saturday evening, May 23, 1942. She left the…