People v. Roth

Harry Roth was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the offense of taking indecent liberties with a child under the age of fifteen years, and sentenced to the penitentiary under the Parole law He has sued out a writ of error from this court and raises two questions as to the constitutionality of the Parole law, under which he was sentenced.

The first, question that is raised in regard to the validity of the Parole law is, that the act is unconstitutional because the title is more comprehensive than the body of the act. The title of the act is, “An act to…