Johnson v. People

This is an appeal from an order of the criminal court of Cook County denying the petition of Charles Franklin Johnson for correction of records and relief from judgments. The appeal comes to this court under the provisions of section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap, 110, par. 72,) and section 14 of division XV of the Criminal Code. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 38, par. 7801/2; Schroers v. People, 399 Ill. 428.

In June, 1942, defendant was charged with committing five burglaries under separate indictments, each of which alleged two prior convictions for grand larceny,…