Aylesworth v. People

Citations

• 65 Ill. 301

Syllabus

<p>1. Indictment—record must show that it was returned into eowrt, rnd a plea, to sustain a conviction. Where the record fails to shoAv that the indictment Avas ever returned into court by any grand jury, or that the defendant Avas ever arraigned upon, or pleaded to it, a conviction can not he sustained; without a plea there is nothing to try.</p>