The People v. Filas

This writ of error was sued out to review the verdict of the jury and judgment of the criminal court of Cook county, finding the defendant guilty of robbery while armed with a pistol and of being an habitual criminal, and sentencing him to life imprisonment.

The Standard Oil Company owned the filling station located at the corner of West Garfield boulevard and Racine avenue in the city of Chicago. On December 15, 1935, about the hour of 6:45 o’clock in the evening, two men, armed with revolvers, appeared at the filling station and ordered Pedersen and Voels, the two attendants at the filling…