The People v. Yates

Mr. JusticR Samuell

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Howard J. Yates, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for robbery while armed with a revolver and was tried before a jury in the criminal court of that county, the trial resulting in a verdict of guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and judgment was entered sentencing plaintiff in error to the State reformatory. He has sued out this writ of error to review that judgment.

The facts disclosed by the evidence are as follows: On December 20, 1928, at about 10:15 o’clock, P. M.,…