The People v. Owens

Plaintiff in error, Elmer Owens, was indicted in. the criminal court of Cook county at the March term, 1942, in three cases for the crimes of robbery and as an habitual criminal. He was represented by the public defender of Cook county, a jury was waived and trial was had upon the charges before the court. He was found guilty of plain robbery and that he had theretofore been convicted of robbery as charged in the indictments, and was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for' a term of twenty years on each of the causes as an habitual criminal. It was ordered that the sentences run…