The People v. Swift

Plaintiffs in error, with Faustino Guerrero, were indicted by the grand jury of Fulton county on the charge of robbing the People’s State Bank of Vermont, Illinois. The indictment consisted of eight counts. Certain counts were quashed on motion, and on a ruling to elect the People chose to go to trial on the first, second, sixth and seventh counts. The substance of these counts is robbery of the bank with a gun, and assault with a gun upon the cashier, Ross Mercer, and robbing him of the sum of $1000 of the money of the bank. Guerrero was not tried. Plaintiffs in error were convicted and…