People v. Labiak

By an indictment returned in the criminal court of Cook County, Bernard Labiak, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged, in count I thereof, with having taken indecent liberties with an eight-year-old girl, and, in count II, with contributing to the delinquency of this child. At the jury trial which followed on February 16, 1953, the People offered considerable evidence to show that the accused had committed sexual acts against this minor. No testimony was offered by the defendant. At the close of all the evidence, the People withdrew the delinquency count without defense…