The People v. Devore

The plaintiff in error, on a plea of guilty to an indictment charging larceny of a motor vehicle, was sentenced to the penitentiary for a. period of one to ten years. He has sued out this writ of error, contending that the indictment fails to charge a violation of a criminal statute of the State of Illinois, and that the circuit court was therefore without jurisdiction to enter the judgment.

In so far as it is material the indictment reads as follows: “The Grand Jurors, chosen, selected and sworn, in and for the County of Macon, in the State of Illinois, in the name and by the authority of the…