The People v. Faught

Arthur Faught and Morris D. Smith were convicted in the circuit court of Vermilion county of the murder of Frank O. Royer and were sentenced to imprisonment in the Southern Illinois Penitentiary for terms of twenty-five and fourteen years respectively. They prosecute this writ of error for a review of the record.

Frank O. Royer was twenty-six years of age, married and lived in the city of Danville, in Vermilion county. He was engaged in the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Faught and Smith were each thirty-four years old and resided in the same city. The evidence fails to disclose Faught’s…