People v. Estes

Plaintiff in error, Logan Estes, was convicted in the Moultrie county circuit court on an indictment charging him with assault with the intent to commit murder and he was sentenced to serve an indefinite term in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error to review the judgment.

The facts proved in the record are substantially the following: Charles Lansden, sheriff of Moultrie county, had received information from certain parties, the full nature of which is not disclosed, that caused him to take with him his deputy, Charles Younger, Charles Getz, chief of police of Sullivan, and about…