The People v. Geister

Max Geisler and Jack Sopkin, with one Lieberman, were tried in the criminal court of Cook county on the charge of burglary. Lieberman was found not guilty but the defendants Geisler and Sopkin were found guilty and their punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is before us on a writ of error.

The defendants have separate briefs. Similar points are made and argued in the briefs, with the exception that the brief of Geisler makes the additional point that the trial court committed error in refusing to grant him a new trial. The common points made and argued by both…