The People v. Stillman

This case is here on a writ of error to the circuit court of Peoria county. Plaintiff in error was found-guilty- by a jury of the crime of robbery. He was sentenced to the penitentiary in accordance with the statute. The sole error relied upon in this court is the action of the trial court in overruling the motion of plaintiff in error for discharge for want of prosecution under section 18 of division XIII of the Criminal Code. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 38, par. 748.

The record shows that the indictment was returned on March 17, 1938. On March 22, 1940, plaintiff in error was arrested and…