The People v. Guertin

The plaintiff in error, George' Guertin, was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Kankakee county upon an indictment which charged him, being a male person above the age of seventeen years, with having carnal knowledge of a female person under the age of sixteen years, not his wife. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years and has sued out a writ of error.

It is argued that it was error to admit in evidence People’s exhibit i, to refuse two instructions which were asked by the defendant, and to deny his motion for a new trial.

The girl upon whom the offense is…