The People v. Smith

Mr. Chiee Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Herbert Smith, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook county for the murder of Nural Smith. He entered a plea of not guilty, waived trial by jury and, at the close of all the evidence, was found guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years. Motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial was overruled and the defendant was sentenced accordingly.

Numerous errors are assigned but those argued group themselves in four questions: (1)…