PEOPLE v. WATKINS

No. 31328.

405 Ill. 454 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 406

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALBERT WATKINS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK A. McDONNELL, of Chicago, (WILLIAM L. CARLIN, and LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL, of counsel,) 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 SAMUEL PAPENEK, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Albert Watkins, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for taking indecent liberties with a child under the age of fifteen years. The indictment consisted of two counts, the first charging indecent liberties, and the second, contributing to the delinquency of such child. Trial by jury was waived, and after a...

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