People v. Maruda

Upon the trial On an indictment in the criminal court of Cook county charging Mike Maruda in one count with larceny and in another with receiving stolen goods, he was found guilty of larceny and was sentenced to the penitentiary. He seeks by writ of error to reverse the judgment.

Maruda was a night porter in the retail store of Marshall Field & Co. His wages were $22 a week. He was first employed in August, 1922, and remained in that employment until December, when he quit of his own accord. He was again employed in July, 1923, and remained in that employment until his arrest, in September.…