The PEOPLE v. Hughes

At a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, Henry Hughes and Samuel Jenkins, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, were jointly convicted with four other youths of murdering one Malcolm Williams and were subsequently sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. Upon writ of error defendants contend that a reasonable doubt exists as to their guilt and that certain oral and written statements made by the alleged participants should not have been admitted into evidence.

The record indicates that about 9:00 P.M. on May 2, i960, Hughes and Jenkins, fifteen and sixteen…