The People v. Lucania

The plaintiff in error, Vincent Lucania, (hereinafter called the defendant,) was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the commission of the crime against nature upon and with Harold Langford. The defendant was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to the penitentiary. He has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment.

Harold was a pupil in the fifth grade and was ten years old. His testimony tends to prove the commission of the offense per os between 4:30 and 5:00 P. M. on March 19, 1934, in the gymnasium room in the basement of the North Avenue-Larrabee Y. M. C. A.…