The People v. Williams

Plaintiff in error, Hershel Williams, Jr., and one Johnson, were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Vermilion County for the crime of robbery. The first count alleged armed robbery, and the second count plain robbery. They were tried before a jury and found guilty on the second count, and sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the penitentiary, according to law.

Plaintiff in error brings his case to this court on the common-law record, asserting the indictment is fatally defective and will not support a conviction. No motion to quash, nor motion in arrest of judgment, was made to test…