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PEOPLE v. POTTS

No. 30874.

403 Ill. 398 (1949)

86 N.E.2d 345

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HOWARD POTTS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MEYER & MEYER, (JAMES W. CAMPBELL, of counsel,) both of East St. Louis, for plaintiff in error.

GEORGE F. BARRETT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOSEPH B. SCHLARMAN, State's Attorney, of Carlyle, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment returned in the circuit court of Clinton County charged Howard Potts, the plaintiff in error herein, by the first count, with the crime of assault with intent to commit forcible rape, and by a second count with the crime of assault with intent to commit rape on a female under the age of sixteen years. Following a plea of not guilty, he was found guilty, by a jury, of the...

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