Sullivan v. People

The information charges that on the 29th day of January, 1894, Maud Sullivan and Timothy Drew feloniously stole, took and carried away $418 in money, the property of Michael Johnson.

The prosecuting witness, who claimed the ownership of the money, testified that his name was Mike Johnson, and that the money was taken from him in the wine room of Drew’s saloon, and consisted of four one hundred dollar bills, and eighteen dollars in silver. There was no direct proof that the defendant, Maud, took the money, or participated in any way in taking it, or ever had any portion, of it. The only…