People v. Mowry

Arthur Mowry, the defendant, was indicted, tried and adjudged guilty in the circuit court of Kane County of the crime of receiving stolen property. The jury, in returning its verdict, found the value of the property to be between $700 and $750. Following unsuccessful motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial, defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than six years. He prosecutes this writ of error to review such judgment on several grounds, the first of which is that the evidence is insufficient…