The People v. Butler

The defendant, LeRoy Butler, and a co-defendant, Charles Williams, were tried together before a judge of the criminal court of Cook County upon a charge of larceny. The defendant was found guilty and Williams not guilty. On this writ of error the defendant questions the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The indictment charged the defendant and Williams with larceny of $250 in cash, the property of Frank Galecki. Galecki testified that he and a companion named Vincent Szaban spent the evening of January 3 and the early morning hours of January 4,…