The PEOPLE v. Clay

Robert W. Clay was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the unlawful sale of narcotics. The court found him guilty in a bench trial and fixed his sentence at 10 to 12 years in the penitentiary. On this writ of error he contends that his counsel’s cross-examination was unduly restricted by the court, that the prosecution knowingly used perjured testimony, that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that the trial judge exhibited prejudice against him.

The prosecution’s evidence shows that about 7 o’clock in the evening on July 5, 1959, police officers, Lee Harvey…