The People v. Wascher

This was an action by the People of the State of Illinois in the criminal court of Cook county to recover the penalty on a forfeited bail bond. From a judgment for $1500 an appeal was taken to the Appellate Court for the First District. That court affirmed the judgment but granted a certificate of importance, and the cause is here on the appeal of Robert Woodward and Mary L. Woodward.

The issues were tried by the court without a jury upon a stipulation of facts. By this stipulation it was agreed that the Cook county grand jury at the September term, 1926, returned an indictment against Carl…