The People v. Hawley

On June 26, 1936, three indictments were returned in the circuit court of Madison County, charging plaintiff in error with having participated with others in the commission of three separate felonies. In cause No. 4653 the indictment charged that plaintiff in error, and two others, on February 28, 1936, while armed, robbed Henry Mensching of the amount of $40. In cause No. 4654 plaintiff in error, Frank Moore, and Curtis Steele were charged with having made felonious assault upon Richard Beuttel on March 4, 1936, with the intent to rob him. , In cause No. 4655, the same codefendants named in…