People v. Picard

Oscar J. Picard, plaintiff in error, was convicted in the circuit court of Champaign county of the crime of burglary and larceny and sentenced to the penitentiary. Motions to quash the indictment and in arrest of judgment were overruled. By this writ of error the sufficiency of the indictment, only, is questioned.

The record contains no bill of exceptions. The plaintiff in error was charged with having broken into a railroad freight car and having stolen a quantity of meat. The sole contention is that the indictment was faulty because it did not allege the ownership of the car or of the…