The People v. Berardi

Louis Berardi was jointly indicted in the criminal court of Cook county with Margaret Byrnes and Mike Sberna for the robbery of Herman Schlachet, all of them being then and there armed with a pistol. Berardi was tried separately and found guilty of the crime as charged and sentenced to the penitentiary. He has sued out this writ of error to review the record.

On the evening of June 17, 1924,, about 10:15, the drug store of Herman Schlachet, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Lotus and Madison streets, in Chicago, was entered by three robbers. At the time of the robbery…