People v. Burger
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Criminal Court o-f Cook county; the Hon. M. E. McKinley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Cooke
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the larceny of certain property of Marshall Field & Co., found by the jury to be of the value of $25, and was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary.
A number of employees of Marshall Field & Co. testified on behalf of the People to the effect that on June 11, 1912, the plaintiff in error was seen coming from the stock room on the sixth floor of the retail store of Marshall Field & Co., being the room where articles of ladies’ wearing apparel were kept.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jennings v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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