The People v. Hamel

An indictment returned in the circuit court of Boone county charged Raymond Hamel, plaintiff in error herein, and Henry J. Gellach, with the crime of burglary. Hamel pleaded guilty and brings the common-law record here by writ of error for review. The contention that the penalty imposed on the plea of guilty was in violation of an agreement plaintiff in error had with the officers that the penalty was to be less than the one given, cannot be considered. The reason is that any agreement, if one was entered into, is not a part of the common-law record.

The other assignments of error refer to the…