People v. Burke

Plaintiff in error, Albert Burke, was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county, Illinois, under an indictment charging him with the larceny of six dollars, the property of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. The indictment set forth in apt words a former conviction of plaintiff in error of the offense of petty larceny, and the verdict of the jury found that such former conviction and judgment were had. He was sentenced to the penitentiary, and the record is brought here by writ of error.

It is contended by plaintiff in error that since the amendment of the Criminal…