People v. O'Donnell

Plaintiffs in error, Peter J. O’Donnell, Ben Tyhurst and Darby Carouth, were in the circuit court of St. Clair county, Illinois, indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary upon a charge that on January 27, 1923, while armed with a dangerous weapon, they robbed James Duncan in the city of East St. Louis. The case is before this court for review upon writ of error.

It is contended by the plaintiffs in error that the State failed to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, the guilt of any of them. The evidence shows that on January 27, 1923, while James Duncan, who was service station…