The People v. Pelletri

Plaintiffs in error, Vito Pelletri and Patsy Pargoni, were convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the larceny of cigars from a truck of the General Cigar Company and sentenced to the State reformatory. They prosecute this writ of error to reverse the judgment.

The General Cigar Company provided its city salesman with a Dodge car equipped with a closed compartment containing sufficient trays to carry a stock of 18,000 cigars. The salesman called on the trade and filled the orders from this stock. About 12:30 o’clock P. M. June 10, 1925, the salesman parked his car and went across the…