The PEOPLE v. Fisher

This case comes to us on petition for writ of error under Rule 65 — 1 to review the conviction of plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, following a plea of guilty, in 1928 in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of armed robbery. The case is presented to us on the common-law record, no bill of exceptions having been filed.

The common-law record shows that defendant was indicted by the grand jury for the crime of armed robbery, that he appeared at the arraignment with his counsel, that he was furnished a copy of the indictment, that he pleaded guilty to the charge, and…