The People v. Hicks

Sylvester Hicks'waived a trial by jury, was tried and found guilty of the crime of burglary in the criminal court of Cook County. He brings a writ of error to this court contending the evidence is insufficient to prove that a burglary was committed or to identify him as the burglar.

About 7:30 P.M. on November 15, 1959, witness John McNamara, who knew that the prosecuting witness Mrs. DeHamer was not home, was advised by telephone that someone was in her apartment. He went over to her backyard where he observed the lights being turned on and off in various rooms of her residence. A man wearing…