Gillespie v. People

Plaintiffs in error, James Gillespie and Charles Dunn, were convicted in the circuit court of Johnson county of the burglary of a house- owned by William H. Craig, and the larceny thérefrom of a quantity of wheat'.

Several of the questions raised by the assignment of errors and the argument of counsel relate to rulings of the court prior to the November term, 1897, at which the trial was had. Those things which are not part of the record proper can only be made so by a bill of exceptions, and these questions were attempted to be preserved in that way by making the proceedings a part of the…