Swalley v. People

In this case John Swalley and Daniel Overstreet were convicted of the crime of burglary. The only question which is presented is upon the statute of limitation of three years. The crime was committed in the month of August, 1881. The indictment was found at the February term of court, 1885, and charged that John Swalley and Daniel Overstreet, on the second day of February, 1885, at the county of Sangamon, in this State, a certain building, the same being a certain office of John Morris, Patrick Harris and Hannah E. Hutton, partners, as Morris, Harris & Co., did burglariously break and enter,…