People v. Boucher

On an evening in December, 1920, the drug store of Bert Fox, in Zeigler, in Franklin county, was entered about seven o’clock by two or more men, who robbed the cash register of about $70. At the May term of the circuit court, Clinton Boucher and Charlie Boucher, brothers, were indicted for the robbery. They were tried at the November term. Charlie Boucher was acquitted and Clinton Boucher was found guilty. He was twenty-five years old and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois State Reformatory. This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse the judgment on the single ground that it is…