The People v. Stover

An indictment of five counts was returned by the grand jury at the June term, 1924, of the circuit court of DeKalb county, charging Carl Johnson, William Phillips, Harry T. Sheetz and Owen Stover with burglary and larceny. The defendants were arrested, and, after motions to quash the indictment had been overruled, entered pleas of not guilty. On the day of the trial three of the defendants withdrew their pleas of not guilty and entered pleas of guilty and the trial proceeded against Stover alone, resulting in a verdict finding him guilty of larceny, fixing the value of the stolen property at…