People v. Viar

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than two nor more than ten years. He now asserts that the information failed to allege the ownership of the burglarized property in a specific entity and it is therefore void. It follows, he says, that information being void, the court was without jurisdiction and the judgment should be reversed and the defendant discharged.

The abstract of the record contains only the information which so far as it is relevant charges that the…