The People v. Jackson

Mr. Chiee Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs in error, Bob Jackson, Don Edwards and Paul Jones, were convicted of the crime of burglary at the October term, 1939, of the circuit court of Effingham county. Named in the same indictment were Tick Owens, Otis Cobble and John Fuller, none of whom were tried. Owens and Fuller were not apprehended, and Cobble was used by the People as a witness. The only evidence in the case implicating plaintiffs in error is that of Cobble.

The facts as narrated by Cobble are substantially as follows : That on the evening of March 7, 1939, he…