People v. Silver

On the complaint of his teenage daughter, the defendant was indicted and, after a jury trial, convicted of incest. On June 4, 1968 he was sentenced to Attica Prison for a period of five to eight years.

The incident occurred on Labor Day (September 5), 1966. According to the complainant the defendant had spent most of that day drinking heavily. Shortly after she retired to bed, at about 11 o ’clock, the defendant entered her room, assaulted her and tried to have intercourse with her. This first attempt was unsuccessful primarily because the girl’s cries summoned her mother who escorted the…