The People v. Nowak

An indictment returned to the criminal court of Cook county in March, 1933, charged plaintiff in error with the crime of murder. When arraigned he tendered a plea of not guilty but thereafter such plea was withdrawn and a plea of guilty entered. After hearing evidence in aggravation and mitigation of the circumstances of the homicide, he was committed to the penitentiary for a term of one hundred years. He was received at the penitentiary the latter part of the year 1933 and now brings the case to this court by writ of error. The questions submitted are raised on the common-law record.

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