PEOPLE v. HAMM

No. 32731.

415 Ill. 224 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 485

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MERLE HAMM, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MERLE HAMM, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and MARTIN J. CORBELL, State's Attorney, of Vandalia, (FRED G. LEACH, and HARRY L. PATE, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Merle Hamm, defendant below, was convicted at the February, 1950, term of the circuit court of Fayette County, of the crime of escaping from the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia. He brings this writ of error to review that judgment of conviction.

At the February, 1950, term of the circuit court of Fayette County the defendant was indicted...

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