The People v. Halkens

The defendant, Clarence Halkens, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of armed robbery. The indictment consisted of three counts which are similar except that in the second count there was an additional charge that defendant had previously been convicted of the crime of robbery with a gun. Upon a trial before a jury, the defendant was found guilty and, after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, he was sentenced to the penitentiary^for the term of his natural life. To reverse such judgment of conviction he sues out this writ of error.

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