The People v. Lawson

Otto Lawson and Ralph Lawson were indicted in the circuit court of Kankakee county for the burglary of a chicken house and the larceny of fifteen chickens belonging to Edgar Bonvallet. A jury returned a verdict of guilty and found their ages to be twenty-four and twenty-six years respectively. Judgment was rendered on the verdict, Otto Lawson was sentenced to the State Reformatory and Ralph Lawson was admitted to probation. They prosecute this writ of error for a review of the record.

The prosecution’s case practically rests upon the testimony of Frederick Bressner, an accomplice. He testified…