The PEOPLE v. Finley

The defendant, James Finley, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of rape. He pleaded not guilty and upon waiving a jury was tried before the court, found guilty, and sentenced to' the penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

The prosecuting witness testified that about 1 A.M. on April 20, 1959, the defendant entered the apartment occupied by her and her husband and shined a flashlight upon them while they were in bed. The apartment consisted of two adjoining rooms, a kitchen and bedroom, in a building located at 3526 Prairie Avenue in Chicago. Startled by the beam…