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THE PEOPLE v. KNAPP

No. 34726.

15 Ill.2d 450 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 565

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. VERNON KNAPP, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOMER C. GRIFFIN, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of incest. The indictment charged that the defendant was the father of Verna Y. Knapp and that he did unlawfully, feloniously, rudely and licentiously cohabit with, and have carnal knowledge of the body of Verna Y. Knapp, on the 3rd day of July, 1956.

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