People v. Pleitt

Mr. .Justice Farmer

delivered the opinion of the court:

The grand jury of Cook county returned an indictment against Joseph Pleitt, Henry Connier and William Madolski for robbery, alleged to have been committed on the 9th of December, 1921. The indictment contained but one count, and charged defendants made a felonious and violent assault on Walter Ross, put him in bodily fear of his life and robbed him of seven dollars in money, and that at the time of the robbery defendants were armed with a dangerous weapon, to-wit, a pistol. Defendants pleaded not guilty and were tried in April, 1922. The…