The People v. Ross

Plaintiff in error, Ernest J. Ross, was charged in an indictment returned January 31, 1923, with a crime alleged to have been committed August 22, 1919. The first count charged him with assault with intent to murder, and the second with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict a bodily injury upon the person of Frank E. Rhode, no considerable provocation appearing. Each count alleged that since August 22/1919, plaintiff in error “was not usually and publicly a resident within the State of Illinois.” The cause was continued twenty-one times, and a hearing was finally had July 13,…