People v. McKee

Plaintiff in error prosecutes this writ of error to the circuit court of De Witt County to review a conviction for the crime of forgery. A true bill was returned by the grand jury of said county, charging plaintiff in error with uttering a false, forged and counterfeit check to which charge plaintiff in error, after consultation with his attorney, entered a plea of guilty, whereupon a motion was entered that sentence be suspended and that he be admitted to probation, which plea was subsequently denied. The defendant, age 34, was then sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for an…