The People v. Lawson

Plaintiffs in error, Frank LeRoy Lawson and Sam Wade, (herein referred to as defendants,) were jointly indicted with George Dabney, Thomas Dabney and Orville Mann, in the circuit court of LaSalle county, for the robbery of Thomas Logeland, while armed with a gun. Lawson, Wade and George Dabney pleaded not guilty. Wade moved for a separate trial, but his motion was denied by the court. Mann and Thomas Dabney pleaded guilty and became witnesses in the trial of the other three defendants, Dabney for the People and Mann for the three defendants tried. George Dabney was found not guilty by the…