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THE PEOPLE v. HURT

No. 33789.

8 Ill.2d 491 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 804

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PAYNE HURT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAYNE HURT, pro se.

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 DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Upon his plea of guilty in the circuit court of Will County to an indictment charging escape from the penitentiary in violation of section 17 of the Illinois State Penitentiary Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 108, par. 121,) the defendant was sentenced to a term of not less than one year nor more than ten years, in accordance with the provisions...

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