Hoskins v. People

Citations

• 84 Ill. 87

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal law—prisoner cam, not be Pried without an issue being formed.' Without an issue formed in a criminal case, there can be nothing to try, and a party convicted without such issue being formed can not, properly, be sentenced.</p> <p>2. On an indictment for larceny, the record showed that the defendant waived arraignment, copy of indictment, list of jurors and witnesses, but, without a plea of any kind being entered, the defendant was placed on his trial, convicted and sentenced: Held, that this was error, for which the judgment must be reversed.</p>