The People v. Williams

The grand jury for the criminal court of Cook County returned an indictment against John Williams and Robert Boney charging them with the crime of attempted burglary. The trial court entered an order quashing the indictment and the People have brought the case here to review that order.

The indictment charged that the defendants, in the county of Cook, attempted to break and enter “a certain building, to-wit: factory of Jacob Vondrecek there situate”, with intent to steal Vondrecek’s property. The trial court ruled that the indictment was defective by reason of its failure to give a more…