The People v. Kelley

James Kelley sued out this writ of error to review a jury verdict and a judgment of the criminal court of Cook county, wherein he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one year to life on a charge of robbery, while armed. Reversal is sought solely on evidential grounds.

The complaining witness, Costello, employed in Chicago, received his pay check for $27.50 on the afternoon of February 11, 1937. He cashed this check after he bought a drink and a meal at a tavern near his place of employment. At about 5 :3o P. M., he boarded a street car and rode to Sixty-first and State streets,…