The People v. Syer

Plaintiff in error, Clarence P. Syer, was found guilty of armed robbery by a jury in the Kane County circuit court and, after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment and for probation were overruled, he was sentenced December 16, 1936, to the penitentiary for one year to life. He seeks by writ of error to reverse the judgment against him. The case is here on the common-law record.

Plaintiff in error urges four grounds for reversal. He argues that the record does not show the court was duly organized for the September, 1936, term; that the record fails to show the indictment was…