The PEOPLE v. Dogoda

After a nonjury trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Leonard Dogoda, was found guilty of attempted burglary and sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges that the defendant attempted to break and enter a certain store building in Chicago belonging to the National Tea Company, with intent to steal, take and carry away personal property of the company; that he did certain overt acts toward the commission of that offense; and that he was intercepted and failed.

The record for the prosecution contains the evidence of the dawyer who…