The People v. Dixon

The defendant, Paul Dixon, and one John Streigel were tried by the court without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of burglary. Streigel entered a plea of guilty after the State had presented its evidence, and the trial proceeded as to the defendant, resulting in a finding and judgment of guilty. The case is now here on a writ of error brought by the defendant Dixon alone.

One of the defendant’s principal contention is that the trial judge erred in denying defendant’s motion for the exclusion of witnesses. The record shows that prior to the introduction of any evidence…