State v. Thomas

HAMITER, Justice.

Defendant Mayhue Thomas, in a joint trial with two codefendants, was found guilty by a jury of having committed simple burglary of a box car belonging to the Illinois Central Railroad Company. On being sentenced by the court to serve one year at hard labor in the state penitentiary, he appealed.

Defendant’s counsel reserved several bills of exceptions before and during the trial. All of them have been abandoned, however, except the one taken to the court’s ruling with reference to the introduction of a purported confession.

In the course of the trial, the judge retired the jury…