Hammond v. People

This writ of error brings before us the record of the conviction, in the circuit court of Peoria county, of the plaintiff in error of the crime of an assault upon one Joseph Dixon with intent to kill and murder the said Dixon, upon which judgment the plaintiff in error was sentenced to be confined in the State penitentiary at Joliet for an indeterminate period.

The indictment contained three counts. In the first and second of the counts the crime charged was an assault with intent to commit murder. In the third count the charge was an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict a…