People v. Jackson

The defendants, Richard E. Jackson and Carl Staats, were indicted for burglary. At a bench trial they were convicted of that crime and each sentenced to a term of from two to five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On. appeal the defendants urge reversal, contending that neither the corpus delicti of the crime nor the guilt of the defendants was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

On April 30, 1966, at about 5:50 a. m., Carl Bowman looked out of his fourth-floor apartment window, located at 3803 North Fremont Street, Chicago, and saw a man standing at the back of the Standard Oil gas…