PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 31455.

407 Ill. 301 (1950)

95 N.E.2d 315

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MAURICE SCOTT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE C. ADAMS, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SIMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction entered by the criminal court of Cook County. Plaintiff in error, together with two of his employees, Albert Brown and Frank Martin, was charged with the forcible rape of the prosecuting witness, Helen Trepack. A trial before the court, trial by jury having been waived, resulted in plaintiff in error being found guilty...

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