People v. Murphy

Plaintiff in error and Milton Armstrong were convicted of murder in the circuit court of Vermilion county on two separate indictments. The first charged them with the murder of George Roumas, and they were each sentenced on the verdict in that case for a term of ninety-nine years. The second indictment charged them with the murder of Louis Roumas, and in that case Milton Armstrong’s punishment was fixed at ninety-nine years in the" penitentiary and the sentence of plaintiff in error was the death penalty. This writ of error is prosecuted to have reviewed the judgment of the court in the…