The People v. Pond

July 18, 1938, the defendant, Robert Pond, was convicted in the circuit court of McLean county upon his plea of guilty as an “accessory to burglary with principal armed with dangerous weapon.” He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indeterminate term, “until discharged by the Department of Public Welfare as authorized and directed by law, provided such term of imprisonment in said penitentiary shall not exceed the maximum term for the crime for which the said defendant was herein convicted and sentenced.” Appearing pro se, he prosecutes this writ of error. No bill of…