Thompson v. People

Elwood Eugene Haas, Eugene Plarvard Roadhs and James P. Thompson were charged with, tried for, and convicted of, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Plaintiffs in error, Haas and Thompson, filed their joint amended motion for a new trial. Following its denial, the trial court sentenced Haas and Thompson respectively to terms of seventeen to twenty years and fourteen to seventeen years in the penitentiary.. It .is these judgments and sentences which we are asked to reverse by this writ of error.

As grounds for reversal Haas and Thompson ¡.assert (1) that they were deprived of a fair trial…