The People v. Howe

The defendant, John Howe, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county, October 23, 1930, for robbery while armed with a gun. May 2, 1940, he was tried before a jury, convicted, and subsequently sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. Howe prosecutes this writ of error.

November 27, 1929, the county court of Cook county, in an ex parte proceeding, adjudged defendant an insane person, committed him to the care and custody of his father, and on April 14, 1930, finding his condition unimproved, ordered that he be recommitted to the Kankakee State Hospital, at Kankakee. The record does…