The People v. Fox

The grand jury of Franklin county returned an indictment against Delbert B. Cobb, Ed. P. Loden and Lon Fox, charging them with larceny by embezzlement of funds of sub-district No. 9, district No. 12, of the United Mine Workers of America, in the amount of $10,500. After Fox, upon his motion, was given leave to be tried separately, Cobb and Loden were placed on trial before a jury, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary. Their motions for a new trial were overruled and their case was reviewed by this court. The judgment was here affirmed, (People v. Cobb, 343 Ill. 78,) wherein it was…