The People v. Berger

In 1938, plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of robbery. In addition to the counts charging robbery, a former conviction of grand larceny was pleaded. The specific charge was that at the June term, 1931, of said court, he had pleaded guilty to the larceny of $2500, property of the Yellow Cab Company, and that he had served a term in the penitentiary for such offense. On a trial by jury in the instant case, plaintiff in error was found guilty of robbery with a further special finding that prior to the commission of the robbery he had “under the…