The People v. McPheron

Ben McPheron and Owens McPheron were indicted in the circuit court of Williamson county for robbery, each, in the perpetration of the offense, being armed with a dangerous weapon. A jury found them guilty as charged; motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied, and they were sentenced to imprisonment in the Southern Illinois penitentiary. The defendants prosecute this writ of error for a review of the record.

On January 5, 1932, White Triplett, sixty-one years of age, was employed as a blacksmith at the Jeffery coal mine in Williamson county. Shortly after his return home…