People v. Ellsworth

At the May term, 1902, of the circuit court of McHenry county, plaintiff in error was indicted for the mur-. der óf Amos W. Anderson on February 28, 1902, in that county. On October 13, 1903, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty. On that plea he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary and judgment was entered accordingly.

Counsel for plaintiff in error insist that the trial court erred in setting aside an order for a change of venue from the judge who afterward heard the case, on the application and motion of plaintiff in error, several terms after…