The People v. Terry

Harry Terry, George Carter and Elmer Auten were indicted for murder in the circuit court of Wayne county. They pleaded guilty and each was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. They have prosecuted a writ of! error from this court to review their conviction.

Three grounds are urged for reversal; (1) the court erred in not appointing counsel to represent them before any steps affecting their rights were taken, (2) they were not properly arraigned,,jan'd (3) the record fails to show that the indictment was'returned into open court by the grand jury?

The common law record…