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THE PEOPLE v. TOUHY

No. 33865.

9 Ill.2d 462 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 513

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROGER TOUHY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT B. JOHNSTONE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and FRANK H. MASTERS, JR., State's Attorney, of Joliet, (FRED G. LEACH, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, the defendant, Roger Touhy, was found guilty of aiding Edward Darlak, a fellow prisoner, escape from the penitentiary, in violation of section 92 of division I of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 38, par. 228.) At the time of the offense, Darlak, a convicted murderer, was serving a 199 year sentence, and pursuant...

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