People v. Hayn

A jury found the defendant guilty of the offense of theft and the court sentenced him to the Illinois State Penitentiary for not less than four nor more than eight years. This appeal has followed.

The indictment charging the defendant with theft is in the following language:

“That on the 4th day of November, 1967, in said County of Tazewell, at 184 Sapp Street, in the City of Pekin, Illinois, JOHN C. HAYN committed the offense of theft in that he knowingly obtained control over six (6) American Express Company money orders, having a value exceeding One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), the…