The People v. Vehon

On January 15, 1930, the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook county returned an indictment in two counts against plaintiff in error, Nathan Vehon, (hereinafter called defendant,) Harlan W. Brown and William Miller. The first count of the indictment charged a violation of section 56 of the Criminal Code (Cahill’s Stat. 1929,) by bombing a building “then and there in use and designed for human occupancy.” The second count charged “malicious mischief” as defined by section 418 of the Criminal Code. (Ibid.) The Criminal Code provides as punishment for the offense set forth in the first count…