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THE PEOPLE v. BALDRIDGE

No. 35290.

19 Ill.2d 616 (1960)

169 N.E.2d 353

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HARRY LEE BALDRIDGE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MILLER & HOLDEN, of Sterling, for plaintiff in error.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CARL A. SWANSON, JR., State's Attorney, of Sycamore, (FRED G. LEACH, and JIM D. KEEHNER, Assistant Attorneys General, and JAMES E. BOYLE, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Harry Lee Baldridge, was indicted in the circuit court of DeKalb County for the crime of wilfully, maliciously and feloniously setting fire to a public building. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 38, par. 51.) He was subsequently sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four to eight years upon a plea of guilty, and now prosecutes this writ of error for review.

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