People v. Ferguson

Ferguson being charged with larceny from tbe person and pleading guilty was sentenced to imprisonment. lie sued out a writ of error to bring up tbe record for review and tbe return is before us. It contains tbe pro*42ceedings which usually appear of record where there are no-exceptions, and the plaintiff in error has been content with it. He avers that the “ said circuit court erred in sentencing said William T. Ferguson upon his plea of guilty, the judge-of said court not having made the examination required by Act No. 99 of the Laws of 1875.”

This charge of error involves two assumptions —…