People v. Sturdyvin

At 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon of November 27, 1921, S. K. McDowell drove with his family in a Dodge touring car from his residence in Bloomington to the 400 block on East Grove street, in that city, to make a call and left the car standing on the street. The car was stolen, and after the larceny it was first seen stuck in a mud-hole about eight miles east of Morton, in Tazewell county, and was found the next morning in East Peoria. The plaintiff in error, Ben Sturdyvin, was indicted in the circuit court of McLean county for larceny of the car and was convicted and sentenced to the…