The People v. Ristau

Edward Ristau waived a jury and the criminal court of Cook county found him guilty of the charge of assault with intent to commit rape. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and he was' sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from one to fourteen years. He has sued out this writ of error.

The prosecutrix, Muriel Strauss, testified that she was eighteen years old and that she lived at 5839 South Kilbourn avenue, in Chicago. About 10:30 o’clock in the evening of Thursday, April 18, 1935, while on her way home, she stopped at the home of Francis Ahern to find out if…