Bow v. People

Plaintiffs in error were convicted in the Criminal Court of Cook county of the crime of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary. The abstract of the record furnished is so incomplete that it is only with great difficulty that the questions raised have been examined, but we have gone to the record to get an understanding of them.

The first objection made is, that in addition to the oath prescribed by the laws of this State the witnesses were also sworn according to a Chinese practice, which was called the “Chinese chicken-oath.” Upon looking into the record, it appears that counsel for the…