People v. Kurtz

The defendants, Philip Kurtz, Larry C. Irving and James H. Grogan, were tried by jury in the Circuit Court of Bond County and convicted of the crime of theft of property exceeding $150 in value (c 38, § 16-1, Ill Rev Stats 1965) and sentenced to the penitentiary, Kurtz and Grogan for terms of not less than 5 nor more than 10 years, and Irving for not less than one nor more than 2 years.

The indictment charged the theft of a 1959 Ford and that it was the property of Lamoine D. Brown.

Defendants, as grounds for reversal, argue that the People failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the…