The PEOPLE v. Hawkins

Defendant, James Hawkins, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County without a jury, was found guilty of the larceny of a motor vehicle, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than eight years. On this writ of error he contends that he was prejudiced by the testimony of a police officer and that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Richard Van Duys testified that he was driving north on Lake Shore Drive at about the Field Museum at 9:30 P.M. on May 24, i960, when a cream-colored 1959 Chevrolet Impala two-door hardtop scraped his car…