The People v. Ball

In the circuit court of Morgan county plaintiffs in error, James Ball and John Meline, were indicted, tried and convicted of the larceny of an automobile of the value of $1000, the property of Helen Clark, and were each sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester. To review the record of their conviction plaintiffs in error have sued out a writ of error from this court.

The evidence shows that about seven o’clock in the evening of January 25, 1928, Helen Clark parked her car near the Illinois Theatre, in Jacksonville, went into the theatre and remained…