PEOPLE v. KERNEY

No. 32491.

413 Ill. 404 (1952)

108 N.E.2d 779

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES KERNEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUIS L. GOULD, and STEPHEN LEE, both 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, ARTHUR F. MANNING, WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., and HERBERT BARSY, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, James Kerney, hereinafter designated defendant, prosecutes a writ of error to review his conviction in the criminal court of Cook County, of the crime of taking indecent liberties. He waived jury trial, was tried by the court and sentenced to serve not less than five nor more than twelve years in the penitentiary.

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