McConnell v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. Defendant was charged jointly with four others for the same offense, but was separately tried. His counsel bring the case here by writ of error.

Writs of error in criminal cases are' governed by the rules pertinent to such cases. It is incumbent on counsel for a defendant in a criminal case to file in this Court an abstract of record and an assignment of errors relied upon for reversal. In the instant case the abstract of record submitted recites the…