Burke v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. The plaintiff in error and one John Meaney were indicted by the grand jury of Cook county on the charge of robbery committed upon the person of one Andrew Schultz. The indictment charges that certain money and personal property, consisting of bank bills, treasury notes and one pocket-book, of the property of said Schultz, were taken from his person by force and intimidation.
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Writ oe Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. The plaintiff in error and one John Meaney were indicted by the grand jury of Cook county on the charge of robbery committed upon the person of one Andrew Schultz. The indictment charges that certain money and personal property, consisting of bank bills, treasury notes and one pocket-book, of the property of said Schultz, were taken from his person by force and intimidation. The bank bills and treasury notes and money are described as treasury notes and national bank bills of various denominations,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The indictment in this case charges the defendant with the crime of robbery, and sufficiently charges that offense. As drawn, it also, by the description and allegation of value of property alleged to have been feloniously stolen, taken and carried away from the person of Schultz, constitutes it a good indictment charging larceny from the person. On a charge of robbery, if it appears that one makes an assault on another, and against the will of the one assaulted takes from his person his money, goods or other valuable thing by force or intimidation, the offense is shown. The gist of the…
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