The People v. Overbey

Floyd Overbey was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for larceny of a motor vehicle. He entered a plea of not guilty, waived a trial by jury, and the court found him guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from one to twenty years. He prosecutes this writ of error.

On March 3, 1935, about 8:30 P. M., Ole Nelson, the owner of a 1930 Chevrolet automobile, sedan model, locked his car and parked it on one of the public streets in Chicago. When he returned for…