The People v. Washington

After a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County the defendant, Thomas Clay Washington, was convicted of the illegal sale of narcotics and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 20 years nor more than life. Upon this writ of error he contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for a finding of not guilty at the close of the State’s case; that certain evidence was erroneously admitted and that his guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt.

The record shows that about 11 P.M. on August 11, 1959, Federal narcotics agents searched one Jim…