The People v. Nelson

' The plaintiff in error, Vol Nelson, herein referred to as the defendant, was convicted of murder in the city court of East St. Louis, and on June 4, 1936, was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for the term of his natural life. He prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment, contending that certain material errors appear in the common-law record filed by him which warrant such reversal. - No bill of exceptions has been filed.

The defendant has assigned twenty errors alleged to have been committed by the trial court, including thirteen grounds set forth in support of a…