The People v. Ritchie

A trial in the criminal court of Cook County by the trial judge without the intervention of a jury resulted in a finding of guilty against the defendant, Phillip A. Ritchie, Jr., of the crime of rape, in manner and form as charged in the indictment. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of thirty years. Ritchie prosecutes this writ of error.

The complaining witness, a resident of Chicago, on July 16, 1946, the day the offense was charged to have been committed, was employed in a local drug store. She "became sixteen years of age on August 17, 1946. Defendant, at the…