Legal Opinion

People v. Smith

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1911PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Writ or Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. S. E. Eoos, for plaintiff in error. W. H. Stead, Attorney General, John E. W. Way-man, State’s Attorney, and W. Edgar Sampson, (Robert E. CrowE, of counsel,) for the People.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the criminal court of' Cook county for the embezzlement and larceny of $50 worth of United States postage stamps, the property of Libby, McNeill & Libby, a corporation. He pleaded not guilty to the indictment, was tried, convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, and brings the record here for review by writ of error.

Plaintiff in error had charge of the mailing department of Libby, McNeill & Libby. Elston'and Driggs, two post-office inspectors, learned in March, 1910, that one Robert Griffith had been disposing of considerable quantities…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Love v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. BurnetteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  2. The People v. FickeIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  3. People v. PetersIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People v. Hartford Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  5. State v. BooherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982

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