Vaughn v. Maxwell

In this action, petitioner is attacking the validity of his indictment, the fact that he was held three days incommunicado before he was taken before a magistrate, the failure of the court to appoint counsel prior to arraignment and the competency of his counsel.

In relation to the first count charging malicious entry of a financial institution, petitioner urges that this count was void because it did not allege “a financial institution which receives for safekeeping the moneys of public funds of individuals or corporations.” The indictment alleged “maliciously break and enter, The Evanston…