People v. Hermes

This prosecution was instituted through the filing of an information by the district attorney of Los Angeles County wherein the defendant was charged in count I with the crime of burglary, in that on the 3d of June, 1945, he wilfully entered a building occupied by the prosecuting witness with intent then and there to commit the crime of rape. By count II the defendant was accused of committing the crime of rape upon the prosecuting witness, who was then of the age of 17 years and not his wife. It was also charged in each count that the defendant had theretofore been convicted in the Superior…