The People v. Maynard

Plaintiff in error was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county with one Sylvester Springer and one William H. A. Moore, for the murder of Julia Hawkins. Springer and Moore obtained a separate trial. Plaintiff in error was tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. The defense was insanity. Plaintiff in error brings the cause here, assigning as error the refusal of the court to grant the petition of his counsel for appointment of a guardian ad litem for him- for the purpose of filing a petition for change of venue, and certain assigned errors on rulings concerning the admissibility of…