People v. Farley

Plaintiff in error, Robert C. Farley, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County, November 3, 1947, for the larceny of an automobile. After a series of continuances, he was tried before a jury in November, 1948, and found guilty. He was sentenced by the court to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than twenty years. He has sued a writ of error out of this court, assigning the failure of the court to discharge him for want of prosecution under the provisions of section 18 of division XIII of the Criminal Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 38, par.…