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THE PEOPLE v. HAWES

No. 33815.

8 Ill.2d 501 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 781

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HOLLEN HAWES, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE W. KASSERMAN, JR., of Newton, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and J.A. EATON, State's Attorney, of Newton, (FRED G. LEACH, EDWIN A. STRUGALA, and NORMA EATON, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Hollen Hawes, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Jasper County of the crime of assault with intent to murder and was sentenced to a term of not less than eighteen months and not more than three years in the penitentiary. He brings writ of error to review that conviction.

The charge grew out of a fracas in which plaintiff in error, whom we shall...

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