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PEOPLE v. PUGH

No. 31868.

409 Ill. 584 (1951)

100 N.E.2d 909

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ERNEST HUBERT PUGH, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 21, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CECIL L. CASS, and BURTON HUGH YOUNG, both of Chicago, (SAMUEL D. GOLDEN, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT C. NELSON, State's Attorney, of Waukegan, (SIDNEY H. BLOCK, RICHARD R. BAIRSTOW, and HARRY L. PATE, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ernest Hubert Pugh, an eighteen-year old sailor, was indicted for rape in the circuit court of Lake County on November 1, 1945. Upon a jury trial the defendant was found guilty and his term of imprisonment was fixed at 50 years. By this writ of error the defendant seeks from this court a review of the record of conviction and...

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