Steward v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted at the January term, 1906, of the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary. To reverse the judgment of the criminal court he brings the case here by writ of error. Charles Armstrong was jointly indicted with the plaintiff in error, but on the trial he was acquitted.

Plaintiff in error is a physician, and at the time of the alleged robbery had an office at 269 Dearborn street, Chicago. Felix Berard, the prosecuting witness, arrived at the depot of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, in the city of Chicago, on the…