People v. Rhodes

At tjhe June term, 1920, of the criminal court of Cook county an indictment was returned charging Janie Rhodes with the larceny on August 16, 1918, of 530,000 feet of gas, of the value of eighty-five cents a thousand feet, the property of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company. A second count charged her with receiving and aiding in concealing the same gas knowing it to be stolen, for her own gain and to prevent the owner from again possessing its property. There was a trial on a plea of not guilty, and a verdict of guilty of receiving stolen property of the value of $14.99. Motions for a…