People v. Bowman

The defendants, Rodger Bowman and Michael Hoover, were tried without a jury, found guilty of battery and sentenced, respectively, to six months in the House of Correction, Chicago, and to six months at the State Farm, Vandalia. They contend that they were tried on a defective complaint and that they were not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

On the evening of March 31, 1969, Leon Wilbert, the complaining witness, was waiting for a bus at the corner of 147th Street and Oakley Boulevard, Chicago. He was approached by Bowman and Hoover, who accused him of being in a group which “jumped on”…