The People v. Swets

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, Clarence Swets was found guilty of selling an automobile held under a trust receipt transaction and wilfully failing to pay the amount due under the trust receipt, in violation of section 18.01 of the Uniform Trust Receipts Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 121 par. 183.1). He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than three. He has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment, contending that the evidence is insufficient, that improper argument by the State’s Attorney deprived him of a…