The PEOPLE v. Lymore

The defendant, Clarence Lymore, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County on two counts of burglary and one count of receiving stolen property. He was tried before a jury, found guilty in a general verdict and sentenced to a term of not less than three nor more than six years in the penitentiary.

Defendant now brings writ of error contending that the ownership and possession of the premises allegedly burglarized was not established; that there is no proof that what the defendant was charged with taking was in fact taken; that having been found guilty by a general verdict of a charge…