The People v. Beacham

By this writ of error to the circuit court of Sangamon county the defendant, Randolph Beacham, seeks reversal of a judgment based upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of violating paragraph 229 of the Criminal Code. (Smith’s Stat. 1933, chap. 38, p. 1033.) He was indicted and tried for procuring an explosive compound with intent to use it for the unlawful injury or destruction of life and property.

At about 2 45 o’clock in the morning of November 6, 1933, defendant was arrested as he came out of an alley in the rear of the C. I. P. S. building, in Springfield. The officer who made the…