The People v. Justat

Plaintiff in error was convicted January 23, 1942, in the criminal court of Cook county, of the crime of larceny of an automobile. He contends the judgment of confinement in the penitentiary of from one to twenty years is invalid because count four of the indictment, set out in the record filed by him, shows the automobile to have a value of $400, which, under numerous decisions of this court, would render the crime grand larceny. The Attorney General, however, has filed an additional abstract in which the entire indictment is set forth, and which shows there were three counts charging…