Hauser v. People

The grand jury in and for the county of Grundy returned into the circuit court of that county, at its March term, 1903, an indictment charging Samuel J. Ritchie, (alias Sam Ritchie,) Edward Howell, {alias Edward Hauser, alias LosAngeles Whitey,) John Freeland, {alias William Edwards, alias William Foley,) and Charles Mitchell, with the crime of burglary. The accused were at that time confined in the common jail of the county under the charge of having committed the offense preferred in the indictment, and were placed on trial at said March term of the said court. The jury returned a verdict…