The People v. Hobbs

Lorenzo D. Hobbs was originally indicted at the May, 1931, term of the circuit court of Williamson county, charged with the crime of larceny by embezzlement. He was subsequently tried and found guilty, but on review this court reversed the judgment (People v. Hobbs, 352 Ill. 224,) because the indictment did not sufficiently allege the ownership of the money involved. Hobbs was again indicted for the identical offense in April, 1933, but thereafter the circuit court quashed the indictment on the theory that it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. (Smith’s Stat. 1933, chap. 38, sec. 6,…