The People v. Diekelmann

Paul Diekelmann was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county, on a jury trial, on the charge of kidnaping an infant. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of thirty years. He has sued out this writ of error to review the record.

The indictment consisted of two counts. The first charged that on April 17, 1936, the defendant enticed away one Dorothy Hubick, an infant four years of age, without the consent of her parents, with the intent to conceal her. The second count charged that the defendant did conceal and imprison the infant without the consent of her…