People v. Lardner

William Lardner and William Caesar were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for larceny and receiving stolen property. Lardner had a separate trial, was convicted of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. By this writ of error he seeks to reverse the judgment on the grounds that it is not sustained by the evidence and that the court erred in instructing the jury.

The rug charged to have been stolen was alleged to have been the property of Marshall Field & Co. The evidence did,not sustain the charge that it was stolen. Two witnesses testified…