The People v. Cummings

Edward Cummings, Rocco Rotuno, Arthur Schaeffer and Meyer Goland were tried in the criminal court of Cook county under an indictment which charged them with robbery with a gun at the Parody Cafe, at No. 1021 North State street, in Chicago, on the morning of December 5, 1927, between two and three o'clock. Goland was found not guilty and the other three were found guilty. They were sentenced to the penitentiary, and a writ of error has been prosecuted from this court to review the judgment.

It is insisted that the evidence does not sustain the judgment. The evidence shows that the cafe was…