The People v. Jung

A jury in the circuit court of Randolph county found Charles W. Jung, the plaintiff in error, (herein referred to as the defendant,) guilty of forgery. His motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment was entered upon the verdict. The case comes here for review by writ of error.

The prosecuting witness was Charles Jung, an uncle of the defendant. During the months of December, 1925, and January, 1926, the defendant was a guard at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, at Menard. His uncle, Charles Jung, with his wife and two sons, Joe and Will, lived on a farm near Evansville. A third son,…