The People v. Officer

Libby Officer and Mable Grant were indicted for larceny in the criminal court of Cook County. Mable Grant pleaded guilty. Libby Officer pleaded not guilty and waived a trial by jury. The court found her guilty and sentenced her to the State Reformatory for Women for a term of not less than one year nor more than seven years.

She prosecutes this writ of error, and first contends that the evidence failed to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. William Mars, “protection manager” for Chas. A. Stevens & Co., testified that on November 29, 1954, about 4:30 P.M., he saw the defendant take an…