The PEOPLE v. Williams

This case is here upon a writ of error brought by the defendant, Floyd Williams, to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County finding defendant and one Joseph Calhoun guilty of the crime of unlawfully selling narcotic drugs. Calhoun’s conviction was affirmed by us in People v. Calhoun, 22 Ill.2d 31, and on the present writ of error we are concerned only with the defendant Williams’s conviction.

The defendant first contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. A complete statement of the evidence is contained in the Calhoun case and…