The People v. Guinto

On a trial by a jury Anthony Guinto was convicted of armed robbery in the criminal court of Cook county. This •writ of error is sued out to review the judgment entered on that verdict.

Martin Bergman was a salesman, deliveryman and collector in the employ of Oscar Mayer & Company and on April 12, 1939, was robbed of $101 at pistol point. A witness for the People named Peter Osting saw the robbery, and both he and Bergman identified plaintiff in error as one of the hold-up men. Osting also took the license number of an automobile to which the robbers ran after committing the crime. Another…