People v. Strong

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant George Strong was found guilty of rape in a non jury trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to five years. In this court he contends that he did not expressly and understanding^ waive a jury trial and that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecutrix, a married woman and the mother of five children, was employed as a desk clerk and maid at a small hotel on Chicago’s south side. She testified that she was changing bed linen on August 10, 1966, at approximately 3:00…