City of Joliet v. Gregorec

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The City of Joliet appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Will County in which the court found, at the close of evidence presented by the city, that defendant James L. Gregorec was not guilty of the commission of the crime of theft in violation of section 21 — 3(a)(1) of the Ordinances of the City of Joliet. The ordinance referred to is substantially the same as section 16 — 1, ch. 38 of Illinois Revised Statutes.

While no court reporter recorded the testimony presented at the trial, the record before us has been…