The People v. Foster

Mr. Chiep Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment was returned in the circuit court of Pulaski county at the January term, 1935, against plaintiffs in error, Nelson Foster, and George Payne, alias Elijah Jefferson, and Alex Thames, charging them with the crimes of burglary and larceny. They entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of from one year to life.

The record discloses that plaintiffs in error, on February 22, 1935, appeared in open court, were furnished with a copy of the indictment, a list of the jurors and the…