People v. Schwartz

The grand jury of Cook County for the January term, 1952, returned four indictments against the plaintiff in error, Thomas Frederick Schwartz, hereinafter referred to as defendant, then 16 years of age, charging him with burglary, assault with intent to commit murder, robbery and rape. He entered pleas of guilty to the first three-named offenses and was sentenced, respectively, to terms of twenty years, ten to fourteen years, and ten years to life. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape, waived jury trial, was tried and convicted by the court and sentenced to seventy-five years’…