The People v. Stokes.

Plaintiff in error, Florence Stokes, herein called the defendant, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the murder of James Glennon. She was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the criminal court of that county, and by their verdict the jury fixed her imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. After her motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled the court entered judgment and sentenced her to the penitentiary “for a term of years not to exceed the maximum term fixed by statute for the crime whereof she stands convicted,” and that she pay the costs of…