The People v. Nelson

Per Curiam :

Bert Nelson was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Whiteside county on a charge of statutory rape of Mary Mohrman on January 25, 1934, she then being twelve years of age. His punishment was fixed at one year and six months in the penitentiary. Judgment was rendered on the verdict, and the cause is here on a writ of error.

The grounds urged for reversal are that the trial court erred in the admission of certain testimony, and that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

At the time of the alleged offense defendant was a retired farmer fifty-eight years old and…