The People v. Rose

Viola Rose, the defendant, and one Bertha Hicks were indicted for grand larceny. The court found them guilty and sentenced each of them to the State Reformatory for Women for a term of not less than one nor more than five years. The defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

At approximately 4:00 P.M. on February 3, 1958, Mrs. Katherine Ferguson, owner of a women’s apparel shop in Evanston, notified the police by telephone that two negro women, whom she described as “heavy set and slopily dressed,” had just left her shop after looking at dresses for over a half hour, and that a black knitted…