The People v. Brooks

Plaintiffs in error, Ben Brooks and Harry Weinstein, bring here for review, on writ of error, the record of their conviction in' the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of receiving stolen property of the value of $1266.40, the property of the Harrington & King Perforating Company, a corporation.

At about 8:30 P. M., March 16, 1929, between 8500 and 9000 pounds of copper sheet and copper punchings were stolen from the Harrington & King factory, in Chicago. A “copper punching” is a slug punched from the sheet when the punch enters the die. These are sold to junkmen as junk. Between 5…