The People v. Billardello

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Winnebago county on an indictment charging him with unlawfully having the custody and possession of a motor vehicle the original engine number of which had been destroyed, removed, altered, covered and defaced, and he has sued out a writ of error, alleging, among other things, that the provisions of section 35 of the Motor Vehicle act, under which he was convicted, are unconstitutional.

The facts appearing in evidence are that a Ford coupe belonging to Ervin Buehl, who lived in Monroe, Wisconsin, disappeared from in front of St.…