The PEOPLE v. Gregory

Defendants, William Gregory and Everett Strayhorn, along with four other men, were charged by an indictment returned to the criminal court of Cook County with having murdered Joseph Ciavirelli during the robbery of a Chicago tavern. When jointly tried by a jury, defendants were found guilty and each was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. Writ of error has been allowed under the provisions of Rule 65 — 1 (2) of this court. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 110, par. 101.65 — 1 (2).

Although numerous grounds for reversal are advanced, our attention is immediately drawn to the…