The People v. Grove

An indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county charging Theodore Grove with robbery, robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon, larceny and receiving property, knowing it to have been stolen. Grove entered a plea of not guilty, waived a trial by jury, was tried by the court, found guilty of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error.

Two witnesses were called by the prosecution. The first, Morris Grossman testified that on May 1, 1933, about 7:3o o’clock in the evening, he was driving his sedan automobile north on Western avenue in the city…