Padfield v. People

Edgar Padfield, the plaintiff in error, was tried in the St. Clair circuit court, and convicted of the crimes of burglary and larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one year. The burglary charged was the breaking and entering the saloon building of Charles P. Fleischbein, in the city of Belleville, and the larceny charged was the stealing therefrom of two boxes of cigars, a silver half dollar and certain small silver and nickel coins.

It is claimed by plaintiff in error that there was error in various rulings of the court upon the instructions to the jury.

The trial court, in…