The People v. Nelson

James Newcom and Thurman Nelson were indicted by the grand jury of Saline county for the statutory crime of willfully' and maliciously damaging, injuring and defacing, by means of an explosive, a building occupied by Frank McIIrath as his residence. Separate trials were had. Nelson was found guilty by a jury. His motion for a new trial was denied, judgment was rendered, and because of his age, eighteen years, he was sentenced to the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac. By this writ of error he seeks a review of the record.

At about four o’clock in the morning of June 15, 1924, an explosion…