The People v. Holcomb

Clifford Holcomb was convicted of burglary in the criminal court of Cook county. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year to life, and seeks reversal by this writ of error.

Holcomb has assigned several errors which, he claims, justify a reversal, but we deem it necessary to consider only one. During the course of the trial, the State’s attorney offered five exhibits for identification. These consisted of a wrist-watch and ring which were in the safe alleged to have been burglarized, the lock from the door through which the alleged burglar is supposed to have entered the premises, a…