The People v. Woodward

Plaintiff in error, Carl Woodward, who appears pro se, was indicted in the circuit court of Rock Island county at the September, 1943, term of said court. The indictment consisted of five counts. The first two counts charged burglary, the third and fourth, larceny, and the fifth, under which plaintiff in error was found guilty by a jury, charged him with receiving stolen property of the value of $407.33.

Plaintiff in error filed a motion for a new trial which was allowed. Thereafter, the case was again set for trial and he was found guilty by a jury of receiving stolen property of the value of…