The People v. Wyherk

Michael Wyherk, Victoria Wyherk, Jennie Carantzalis and Anton Mahinik were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for causing Sophie Wajnarownski to abort or miscarry. A jury trial resulted in the acquittal of all the defendants, except Michael Wyherk who was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error.

Sophie Wajnarownski, sixteen years of age, testified that for a period of approximately three months beginning in April, 1930, she lived in the home of Michael Wyherk, the plaintiff in error, at 2601 West Sixteenth street, in Chicago; that during this…