The People v. Falley

" Griff Falley, 30, and Carol Phelps, 28, were found guilty of rape, by a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair county, and each was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. They claim the commission of numerous errors during the trial and ask this court to reverse the judgment.

The testimony at the trial shows that on July 10, 1936, Gus Hentzel, of Belleville, took his friend, Margaret Arbogast, for an automobile ride about 10 o’clock in the evening. They parked along a road near Belleville and while engaged in conversation two men approached the car from the rear. One of these men, at the…