The People v. George

Plaintiff in error, Dilman George, was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of receiving stolen property. A jury was waived and trial had by the court, resulting in the finding of guilty and a sentence to the penitentiary.

The indictment charges the property alleged to have been received by plaintiff in error was taken from John Hesser by robbery, and that its value was $260. The proof shows without contradiction that the plaintiff in error purchased the said property from one or more of the robbers, but knowledge upon the part of the plaintiff in…