The People v. Kennay

Plaintiff in error, William Kennay, brings his cause here seeking a reversal of a conviction in the circuit court of Fayette county upon an indictment returned against him on August 29, 1944, charging him with the crime of escaping from the Illinois State Farm. The crime of escape with which he is charged 'is set forth in section 5 of an act entitled: “An act in relation to the Illinois State Farm.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 118, par. 18.) The facts surrounding his incarce'ration and which resulted in his indictment and sentence are as follows: William Kennay was indicted and cotivicted in…