The PEOPLE v. Manley

Defendant-Appellant, James Manley and three co-defendants Bruce Burt, Jerry Burt and Fred Gary were indicted for the offense of robbery by the grand jury of Rock Island County. The trial of defendants Manley and Bruce Burt was separated from the trial of the other co-defendants and after a trial by a jury each was found guilty as charged. Defendant Manley was sentenced to a term of from one to seven years in the penitentiary from which judgment and sentence he has appealed.

The pertinent facts adduced by the State are substantially as follows. On June 14, 1970, Charles Myers was employed as…