The People v. Boneau

The grand jury of Madison county returned an indictment to the circuit court of that county charging plaintiff in error, Walter Boneau, (herein referred to as defendant,) jointly with Earl Dillahan, Dan Purcell and Guy Prather, with the crimes of burglary, larceny and receiving stolen property. Prather and Dillahan pleaded guilty to the indictment. Prather was sentenced to the penitentiary under his plea and Dillahan to the reformatory. Purcell pleaded guilty under another indictment in the city court of the city of Alton and was sentenced to the penitentiary. The defendant was tried under…