The People v. Saylor

Elmer Saylor, Leonard Saylor and Earl Saylor, together with Grace Saylor, the wife of Elmer, were indicted in the circuit court of Rock Island county for mayhem. Upon a trial Grace was found not guilty, but the three men, who are brothers, were found guilty, and the court entered judgment sentencing each of them to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than twenty years nor less than one year. The defendants prosecuted a writ of error to the Appellate Court, which affirmed the judgment, and they have sued out a writ of error from this court.

There were three counts in the indictment,…