People v. Blumberg

The grand jury, at the January, 1923, term of the criminal court of Cook county, returned an indictment against Edward Blumberg, consisting of a single count, which charged that he robbed Elizabeth Hartman of $100 while armed with a pistol. His plea was not guilty. Subsequently, on motion of the State’s attorney, it was “ordered that the gun count be waived.” Blumberg thereupon withdrew his plea of not guilty to the indictment and entered a plea of “guilty of plain robbery in manner and form as charged therein.” The record then shows that Blumberg “being fully advised by the court that the…