People v. Lindner

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county sentencing plaintiff in error to a life term in the penitentiary for the crime of murder.

The trial of plaintiff in- error was had at the July term, 1913, of the criminal court of Cook county. That term of court began on the 7th day of July, 1913. On the 23d of July, 1913, plaintiff in error moved for his discharge for want of prosecution within the time required by the statute. (Hurd’s Stat. 1911, chap. 38, par. 438.) The motion was overruled, and on the 29th day of July, and during said July term, defendant was…