The People v. Wyatt

This writ of error is prosecuted by defendant, Eddie Lee Wyatt, to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County, following a bench trial, whereby he was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to eight years. He assigns as error, first, the denial of a timely motion for discharge on the ground that he was not tried within four months of commitment as required by law, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 748), and, second, that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Defendant was arrested on June 3, 1959, and remained incarcerated…