The People v. Dwyer

Patrick P. Dwyer having been convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of robbery, being armed at the time with a dangerous weapon, has sued out a writ of error to reverse the judgment.

The transcript of the record contains no bill of exceptions, but it is argued that the indictment, which consisted of a single count, was insufficient because it did not charge that the defendant was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the robbery. The indictment charges the robbery in terms which are not' questioned, and continues, “that the said Patrick P. Dwyer then and there was armed with a…