People v. Geister

The plaintiffs in error, Frank Geister and Charles Jacobi, were jointly indicted with Anthony Rosetskis in four counts. The first count charged the larceny of three sewing machines, of the value of $56 each, and fifty-two bolts of cloth, of the value of $21.20 each, the personal goods and property of the Belt Railway Company of Chicago. The* second count charged the buying, receiving and concealing of the said goods and chattels of the railway company knowing them to have been stolen. The third' and fourth counts charged the burglary of a certain freight car of said railway company with…