The People v. Rogers

The defendants, Robert Lowell Rogers and Harold Smith, were indicted in the circuit court of Bureau County, at the April term, 1947, for the crime of burglary. On June 4, 1947, they were arraigned before the court and each entered a plea of guilty. On their said plea the court ordered and adjudged that each of the defendants be confined in the penitentiary “until discharged by the Prison Board, as authorized and directed by law, provided such term of imprisonment shall not exceed the maximum term, nor be less than the minimum term provided by law for the crime of burglary.” On motion of the…