People v. Newman

John Newman and Roy Dutkowiak were jointly indicted and were convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of robbery. John Newman has sued out a writ of error to review the judgment.

The material evidence against the defendants was the testimony of Alfred F. Gruninger, the victim of the robbery, and J. A. Mendro, a mail carrier, who saw it from the other side of the street. Neither had ever seen either of the defendants before but both identified them as the robbers. The only witness for defendants was Dutkowiak, who testified that at the time when the robbery was committed, which was…