People v. Petrie

On a plea of guilty to an indictment charging abduction Henry W. Petrie was sentenced by the circuit court of DuPage county, at the January term, 1918, to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary and has sued out a writ of error to reverse the judgment.

The errors assigned include one that the grand jury which returned the indictment was not sworn, and another that the court neglected to explain to the plaintiff in error the consequences of the plea of guilty.

The cause was continued to enable the Attorney General to have the record amended, and at the January term, 1920, of the circuit…