The People v. Kennedy

The plaintiffs in error, William Kennedy and William Graham, (hereinafter called the defendants,) were convicted of larceny, and the case is here by writ of error.

The defendants were indicted at the May term, 1933, of the Vermilion county circuit court for the larceny of $24.26, the money of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. They were tried on the second count of the indictment at the same term, on June 14, 1933. The jury found both defendants guilty of larceny as charged in the indictment and found the value of the “property” taken to be $24.26. Motions for a new trial and in…