The PEOPLE v. Dennis

After a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Giovanni Dennis, was convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than ten years. On this writ of error, he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Mathias Thies and his brother Anthony lived in separate apartments in the same building on Diversey Boulevard in Chicago. On the afternoon of August 24, 1961, Mathias and his wife Helen were returning home when they noticed that the rear window and door to Anthony’s apartment were…