The People v. Berkowitz

Plaintiff in error, Sam Berkowitz, was, with his brother Ben, indicted in the criminal court of Cook county on the charge of receiving stolen property. The indictment consisted of two counts. The first count charged the defendants with buying, concealing and aiding to conceal 3084 pounds of brass wire of the value of fifteen cents per pound, that had been stolen from the Manufacturers Belt Hook Company. The second count was identical with the first with the further allegation that the defendants, in 1933, were indicted on a charge of having received stolen property of the value exceeding $15…