Keller v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. On August 2, 1902, an indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county charging plaintiff in error, in three counts, with the crime of rape on July 1, J902, in and upon a female child named Bessie Lamb, of the age of thirteen years.
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. On August 2, 1902, an indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county charging plaintiff in error, in three counts, with the crime of rape on July 1, J902, in and upon a female child named Bessie Lamb, of the age of thirteen years. At the September term, 1902, of said criminal court, a plea of not guilty having been entered by defendant below, the cause was brought to trial before a jury. The jury found the defendant guilty of rape, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This conviction rests upon the testimony of the prosecutrix alone. She is wholly uncorroborated in regard to any material contested question. The prosecution sought to sustain her testimony by showing that she made complaint. It j.s impossible to tell, from her testimony, when the alleged offense was committed. She first fixes the time at about two weeks before plaintiff in error sold the livery stable, which, fixing the latest date possible, by calculating from the time when possession changed, would not be later than May 23, 1902. She afterwards fixed it at two months prior to the time of…
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