People v. Smith

James Smith, the defendant, was indicted by the Cook County Grand Jury on July 8, 1961, charged with having committed “the infamous crime against nature upon and with one Vernon Hill, a male person.” In the same indictment the defendant was charged with taking indecent liberties with Vernon Hill, and unlawfully tending to make the said Vernon Hill (a male child under the age of 17 years) a delinquent child.

The case against the defendant was first tried before a judge without a jury, at which trial the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in the penitentiary. The defendant…