People v. Sheppard

Mr. Justice; Fulton

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Charles S. Sheppard, was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to commit robbery in the criminal court of Cook County. His motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of not less than eight years nor more than fourteen years. By writ of error he seeks a reversal of the judgment of conviction and the case is presented here upon the common-law record only.

The record shows that the grand jury of Cook County…