Watts v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is a joint indictment, found by the grand jury at the January term, 1903, of the circuit court of Sangamon county against the plaintiff in error, Thomas Watts, and one Thomas Watts, Jr., and one Oliver Tomlin, for the larceny of eight hogs of the value of $100.00, being the property of Samuel H. Jones.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is a joint indictment, found by the grand jury at the January term, 1903, of the circuit court of Sangamon county against the plaintiff in error, Thomas Watts, and one Thomas Watts, Jr., and one Oliver Tomlin, for the larceny of eight hogs of the value of $100.00, being the property of Samuel H. Jones. Thomas Watts, Jr., pleaded guilty to the indictment, and testified upon the trial of the cause for the prosecution. The plaintiff in error, Thomas Watts, or Thomas Watts, Sr., was tried…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
There can be no doubt from the evidence in this case, that Thomas Watts, Jr., and Oliver Tomlin were guilty of stealing the hogs in question. The former pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to the penitentiary; and the latter, upon the trial, was found guilty, and was also sentenced, and did not join in the present writ of error. So far, however, as the plaintiff in error is concerned, we are unable to find any evidence in the record, which tends to show that he was guilty of the larceny of the hogs.
Section 167 of division 1 of the Criminal Code of Illinois defines larceny as follows: “Larceny…
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