Aldrich v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Kersten, Judge, presiding. The record in this case brings up for review the judgment of conviction of Roy Aldrich for the crime of larceny. The facts developed on the trial were, in substance, as follows: In July, T905, Miss Flora May Barr checked her trunk at Grand Haven, Michigan, for Chicago, and took passage on one of the steamships belonging to the Goodrich Transportation Company.
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Writ oe Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Kersten, Judge, presiding. The record in this case brings up for review the judgment of conviction of Roy Aldrich for the crime of larceny. The facts developed on the trial were, in substance, as follows: In July, T905, Miss Flora May Barr checked her trunk at Grand Haven, Michigan, for Chicago, and took passage on one of the steamships belonging to the Goodrich Transportation Company. She left Grand Haven about 9 :ig on the evening of July io and arrived at Chicago about six o’clock on the morning of the nth. At Chicago Miss…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
1. The court instructed the jury, as a matter of law, that if one obtains property from the owner or custodian thereof by some sort of a trick or device, for the purpose of stealing and converting the same to his own use, he will be guilty of larceny. Error is assigned upon the giving of this instruction. The contention of plaintiff in error is, that if the property was obtained with the consent of the transportation company it would not amount to larceny, even though such consent was obtained by means of a trick or device and with the intention of stealing the same.
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