The People v. Dalke

Charles and Rudolph Dalke, who are brothers, were indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for receiving stolen property consisting of 269 dresses, of the value of $2.75 each, the property of Isadore Finkelstein. Rudolph was found guilty, he was sentenced to the penitentiary, and he has prosecuted a writ of error from this court to review the judgment.

The evidence consists of the testimony of Finkelstein and three police officers on behalf of the People and of the brothers on the other side. It shows that the brothers lived alone in a four-room frame house at 1524 Walton street, in Chicago.…