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THE PEOPLE v. HILL

No. 35110.

17 Ill.2d 112 (1959)

160 N.E.2d 779

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM HILL, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 22, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN R. SNIVELY, of Rockford, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN A. STROM, State's Attorney, of Belvidere, (FRED G. LEACH and ROGER D. LAPAN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

William Hill was indicted by the grand jury of Boone County for the offense of escaping from the county jail while awaiting trial for attempted burglary. He waived a trial by jury, was tried by the court, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than eighteen months nor more than five years.

On this writ of error he first contends...

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