Glenn v. the People

On November 20, 1952, Herbert Glenn, hereinafter called appellant, was found guilty in the criminal court of Cook County under an indictment charging him with the crime against nature, and was sentenced to serve a term of five to twenty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The court appointed counsel on his behalf and he waived jury trial, entered a plea of not guilty, and was tried before the court. On January 27, 1956, he filed, in the original criminal case, a motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap,…