People v. Cohen

By this writ of error the plaintiff, Sadie Cohen, seeks to reverse the judgment of the municipal court of Chicago, by which she was found guilty of petit larceny and sentenced to the house of correction of the City of Chicago for three months, and, further, to pay a fine of one dollar and costs.

We have only the common-law record before us. The defendant contends that the judgment of the municipal court of Chicago should be reversed because the trial was had before the court without a jury but without a leg’al and proper waiver of her right of a trial by jury by the defendant. The written jury…