People ex rel. Hunt v. Markell

It is claimed by the relator’s attorneys that the certificate of conviction is insufficient, in that, with other things it does not state the person from whom the property was takeng and also fails to specify the articles stolen. Section 721 of the Code of Criminal Procedure requires that a certificate of conviction of a court of special sessions must be substantially in the form set forth in that section, and requires, with other things, that it briefly designate the offense. Such designation requires such certainty that a jury may deliver an intelligent verdict, that the law may render a…