Hall v. People

The plaintiff in error, Hall, was convicted in the court below of the crime of robbery. Hubbell, the prosecuting witness, was the only witness to the alleged forcible taking of the pocket-book and money from his person.

The evidence tended to show that on May 4, 1897, Hubbell went to Galesburg to attend a meeting of the Grand Army, and during the day patronized a number of saloons and became intoxicated. Hubbell did not know where he first met Hall, but the evidence tended to prove that it was after- night-fall. Hubbell was in a saloon and inquired of one Stewart if he knew any one there from…