The People v. Graves

Chester Graves was indicted in the circuit court of Scott county for burglary and larceny. He was found guilty by a jury. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and denied and Graves was sentenced to the Southern Illinois Penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

The indictment consists of two counts. The first count charges that Graves broke into a certain building and stole one Ford radiator, one Chevrolet radiator and two Dodge radiators, valued at one, seven, ten and fifteen dollars, respectively, all the goods and chattels of James T.…