The PEOPLE v. Shok

An indictment charging Theodore Shok with the commission of the infamous crime against nature on Rose Bojko, a female person, on May 5, 1953, was returned in the criminal court of Cook County. Upon being found guilty by the jury, the trial court entered judgment and sentenced the defendant to a term of not less than five nor more than ten years in the State penitentiary, after having overruled the usual post-trial motions. By writ of error he now seeks review of his conviction.

The defendant urges that no offense against nature was shown by the record in this case when construed in the light…