Legal Opinion

The People v. Berardi

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1928No. 18879. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff in error, John Shapiro, together with Louis Berardi, August Mirabella, Andrew B. Zilinski, Michael Sberna, Forrest W. Gray and Samuel Goldman, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the robbery of the office of the American Railway Express Company in the LaSalle street station in Chicago and the theft of about $17,000. Mirabella entered a plea of guilty. Gray, Goldman and Sberna were granted separate trials. Shapiro, Berardi and Zilinski were tried together, they were found guilty and sentenced, and a writ of error has been prosecuted from this court by Shapiro.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. United States v. RauscherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Ker v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. The People v. KlingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Barrett v. DixonIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  2. People Ex Rel. Hesley v. RagenIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Wilkinson v. YouellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
  4. In Re SilvermanOhio Court of Appeals · 1942
  5. People v. GarnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968

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